The Unholy Garden (1931)
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Synopsis of The Unholy Garden
A clever, slyly self-satirical screenplay by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur helps to make The Unholy Garden seem better than it is. The title refers to a Saharan oasis where a group of international crooks have converged, free from prosecution. Ronald Colman stars as gentleman thief Barrington Hunt, who rallies his fellow crooks together in a plan to divest a wealthy baron (Dudley Digges) of his fortune. Part of the scheme requires Hunt to make love to Fay Wray, the baron's lovely daughter, a task that proves pleasurable indeed. But Hunt hadn't counted on falling in love with Wray -- and when he does, it's "reformation and redemption" time, with our hero turning on and turning in his former pals. Among the reprobates within Hunt's orbit are such veteran screen heavies as Warren Hymer, Lucille LaVerne and Lawrence Grant, the latter chewing the scenery as a discredited doctor who keeps the skull of his murdered wife in a jar! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of The Unholy Garden
- Ronald Colman - Barrington Hunt
- Estelle Taylor - Elise Mowbry
- Warren Hymer - Smiley Corbin
- Lawrence Grant - Dr.Shayne
- Kit Guard - Kid Twist
- Mischa Auer - Prince Nicolai Poliakoff
- Morgan Wallace - Capt. Kruger
- Charles Hill Mailes - Alfred de Jonghe
- Arnold Korff - Lautrac
- Fay Wray - Camille de Jonghe
- Tully Marshall - Baron de Jonghe
- Ullrich Haupt, Sr. - Col. Von Axt
- Henry Armetta - Nick the Goose
- Lucille La Verne - Lucie Villars
- Nadja - Native Dancer
- Henry Kolker - Police Official
- William Von Brincken
- Director(s):
- George Fitzmaurice
- Writer(s):
- Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur
- Producer(s):
- Samuel Goldwyn
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