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Obey the Law (1933 film)

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Obey the Law
Directed byBenjamin Stoloff
Written byArthur Caesar
Based onEast of Fifth Avenue story idea
by Harry Sauber
Produced byBryan Foy
StarringLeo Carrillo
Lois Wilson
Dickie Moore
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • March 11, 1933 (1933-03-11)
Running time
64 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Obey the Law is a 1933 American Pre-Code crime drama film released by Columbia Pictures.

Plot

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A good-hearted and patriotic Italian immigrant barber Tony Pasqual (Leo Carrillo) who takes pity on embittered war veteran Bob Richards (Eddie Garr). When Richards robs him, Pasqual responds by helping Richards find a job. Richards dies while trying to rescue young Dickie Chester (Dickie Moore) from illicit gambling, and Pasqual takes in Chester and his mother (Lois Wilson). Big Joe Reardon (Henry Clive) is unsuccessful in using public displays of charitable good deeds to fool Pasqual into believing that he's not the neighborhood crime boss, so he has the barber shop destroyed. Pasqual gets Reardon apprehended by the police by telling his story on radio.[1]

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ "Obey the Law". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. AFI. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
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