The Devil Is a Sissy (1936)
- Starring:
- Freddie Bartholomew, Jackie Cooper, (more)
- Director(s):
- Rowland Brown, W.S. Van Dyke, (more)
Synopsis of The Devil Is a Sissy
The Devil Is a Sissy deserves an historical footnote as the only film to team three of the biggest child stars of the 1930s: Mickey Rooney, Jackie Cooper and Freddie Bartholomew. Bartholomew is a wealthy young English boy attending a New York "magnet" school, whose students are drawn from all walks of life. He is befriended by slum kid Rooney, son of a recently executed gangster, who in his own roughneck fashion helps Bartholomew to "assimilate" (Translation: He helps him to steal and evade the cops). Cooper is a middle-class gang leader with whom Rooney frequently clashes. Freddie attempts to fit in with his new chums by masterminding a break-in at a Park Avenue townhouse. None too soon, all three boys end up in juvenile court. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of The Devil Is a Sissy
- Freddie Bartholomew - Claude
- Mickey Rooney - Gig Stevens
- Peggy Conklin - Rose
- Kathleen Lockhart - Mrs. Murphy
- Etienne Girardot - Principal
- Grant Mitchell - Paul Krumpp
- Stanley Fields - Joe
- Etta McDaniel - Molly
- Buster Slaven - "Six-Toes"
- Buster Flavin - Six Toes
- Jackie Cooper - Buck Murphy
- Ian Hunter - Jay Pierce
- Katherine Alexander - Hilda Pierce
- Jonathan Hale - Judge Holmes
- Sherwood Bailey - Bugs
- Harold Huber - Willie
- Frank Puglia - "Grandma"
- Mary Doran - Mrs. Robbins
- John Kelly - Roy
- Dorothy Peterson - Mrs. Stevens
- Director(s):
- W.S. Van Dyke, Rowland Brown
- Writer(s):
- John Lee Mahin, Richard Schayer, Rowland Brown
- Producer(s):
- Frank Davis
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