EASY MONEY (1936) Onslow Stevens, Kay Linaker & Noel Madison | Crime, Drama, Romance | B&W

Easy Money is a 1936 American crime film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Onslow Stevens, Kay Linaker and Noel Madison.

SYNOPSIS
Dan Adams resigns his position as prosecutor on the district attorney's staff and sets out to clean up a gang of fake-accident racketeers. He gets a job with an insurance company, and assures the company president he will get the goods on the gang or die in the attempt. At the company offices, he meets Carol Carter and she, believing he is a shyster (possibly redundant) lawyer in the employ of the racketeers gives him as little help as possible. Dan visits his brother Eddie, who is mixed up with the gang and tries to make him break away. Eddie is belligerent but finally, because of the pressure brought by Dan and his wife Tonia, agrees to go straight. The gang, led by "Duke" Trotti, fears he will squeal and they kill him, plus they make his death look like an accident and plan to collect on it. Dan is closing in on the gang when Carol, who is now his assistant, comes up with some conclusive evidence, but "Duke" has plans to get rid of her before she can give the information to Dan.

CAST & CREW
Onslow Stevens as Dan Adams
Kay Linaker as Carol Carter
Noel Madison as 'Duke' Trotti
Allen Vincent as Eddie Adams
Barbara Barondess as Tonia
Wallis Clark as Mr. Curtis
Selmer Jackson as Mr. Harrison
Robert Homans as Sam Belden
Robert Graves as Sillsby
Robert Frazer as Lab Man
Broderick O'Farrell as Judge
Barbara Bedford as Mrs. Turner
Dickie Walters as Little Johnny
Betty Mack as Telephone Operator
Henry Hebert as Elmer Johnson
John Kelly as Carney
Monte Vandergrift as Moxey
Allen Wood as Chick
John Dilson as Rusick

Directed by Phil Rosen
Written by Arthur T. Horman, Paul Perez, Ewart Adamson
Produced by Maury M. Cohen
Cinematography M.A. Anderson
Edited by Roland D. Reed
Production company Invincible Pictures
Distributed by Chesterfield Pictures
Release date June 14, 1936
Running time 70 minutes
Country United States
Language English