Big Executive
1933 film
Big Executive is a 1933 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Erle C. Kenton and written by Alice Duer Miller and Laurence Stallings. The film stars Ricardo Cortez, Richard Bennett, Elizabeth Young, Sharon Lynn, Dorothy Peterson, Barton MacLane and Charles Middleton. The film was released on August 8, 1933, by Paramount Pictures.
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Ricardo Cortez as Victor Conway
Richard Bennett as Commodore Richardson
Elizabeth Young as Helena Richardson
Sharon Lynn as Miss Dolly Healy
Dorothy Peterson as Mrs.
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