The Live Wire (1937)
In this British comedy, a Yankee con artist hides out in England. Trouble ensues when he follows a pretty girl into a office building and encounters the company president just before he commits suicide. He then learns that the distraught executive has been involved in embezzling scheme. The con man then talks the frazzled fellow into taking a six-month leave and allowing him to run the company. He then begins fixing the books to the company is saved. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Bernard Nedell, Jean Gillie, (more)
- Director(s):
- Herbert Brenon
Synopsis of The Live Wire
In this British comedy, a Yankee con artist hides out in England. Trouble ensues when he follows a pretty girl into a office building and encounters the company president just before he commits suicide. He then learns that the distraught executive has been involved in embezzling scheme. The con man then talks the frazzled fellow into taking a six-month leave and allowing him to run the company. He then begins fixing the books to the company is saved. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
Complete Cast of The Live Wire
- Bernard Nedell - James Cody
- David Burns - Snakey
- Felix Aylmer - Wilton
- H.F. Maltby - Hodgson
- Kathleen Kelly - Phoebe
- Jean Gillie - Sally Barton
- Hugh Wakefield - Grantham
- Arthur Wontner - Montell
- C.M. Hallard - Sir George Dawson
- Irene Ware - Jane
- Director(s):
- Herbert Brenon
- Writer(s):
- Leslie Howard Gordon, Stafford C. Dickens
- Producer(s):
- Herbert Wynne
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