A Very Honorable Guy is a 1934 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Lloyd Bacon, written by Earl Baldwin, and starring Joe E. Brown, Alice White, Robert Barrat, Alan Dinehart, Irene Franklin and Hobart Cavanaugh. It was released by Warner Bros. on May 5, 1934.

Premise

Well respected local good guy, Feet Samuels finds himself heavily in debt due to an uncharacteristic gambling binge. Feet decides the only way to settle the bill is by selling his body to an ambitious doctor. The doctor agrees to allow him one last month to live life to the fullest, then commit suicide.

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Cast

Joe E. Brown as “Feet” Samuels

Alice White as Hortense Hathaway

Robert Barrat as Dr. Snitzer

Alan Dinehart as Joel “The Brain” Baldwin

Irene Franklin as Toodles Hathaway

Hobart Cavanaugh as Benny

Arthur Vinton as Moon O'Hara

G. Pat Collins as Red Hendrickson

Harold Huber as Joe Ponzetti

James Donlan as Mr. O'Toole

Harry Warren as Harry

Bud Jamison as Waiter (uncredited)

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References

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1934 films

1930s English-language films

Warner Bros. films

American comedy films

1934 comedy films

Films directed by Lloyd Bacon

American black-and-white films

1930s American films

Films scored by Bernhard Kaun

American films about gambling

Films about suicide

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