The House on 56th Street

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The House on 56th Street

1933

1h 8m

5.2(6 votes)

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Overview

A beautiful chorine marries a handsome rich socialite, but her idyllic life ends when she visits a dying old beau and is charged when he commits suicide.

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40 members

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Kay Francis

Peggy Martin Van Tyle / Peggy Stone

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Ricardo Cortez

Bill Blaine

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Gene Raymond

Monte Van Tyle

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John Halliday

Lyndon Fiske

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Margaret Lindsay

Eleanor Van Tyle Burgess

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Frank McHugh

Chester Hunt

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William 'Stage' Boyd

Bonelli

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Hardie Albright

Henry Burgess

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Sheila Terry

Dolly

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Phillip Reed

Freddy

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Philip Faversham

Gordon

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Walter Walker

Dr. Wyman

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Nella Walker

Eleanor Van Tyle

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William Bailey

Gambler (uncredited)

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Helen Barclay

Sextet Girl (uncredited)

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Symona Boniface

Blackjack Player (uncredited)

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André Cheron

Man at Roulette Table (uncredited)

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Frank Darien

Justice of the Peace (uncredited)

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George Davis

French Waiter (uncredited)

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Lester Dorr

Ship's Steward (uncredited)

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Jesse Graves

Roulette Player (uncredited)

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Julia Griffith

Ship Passenger (uncredited)

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Sam Harris

Gambler (uncredited)

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Olaf Hytten

Peggy's Butler (uncredited)

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Lorena Layson

Sextet Girl (uncredited)

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Wilfred Lucas

Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)

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John Marston

Ship's Captain (uncredited)

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Frank McLure

Ship Passenger (uncredited)

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Lee Moran

Can-Can Comic Dancer (uncredited)

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Jack Mower

Cleaned-Out Blackjack Player (uncredited)

Writing

Dennis O'Keefe

Gambler (uncredited)

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Henry O'Neill

Baxter - the Laywer (uncredited)

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Russ Powell

Tom - Bartender (uncredited)

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Paul Power

Poker Gam Kibitzer (uncredited)

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George H. Reed

James - Lyndon's Butler (uncredited)

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Ruth Warren

Jail Inmate (uncredited)

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Stanhope Wheatcroft

Blackjack Player (uncredited)

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Leo White

Beautician (uncredited)

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Renee Whitney

Sextet Girl (uncredited)

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Pat Wing

Sextet Girl (uncredited)

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