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I Sell Anything

  • 19341934
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 10m
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
151
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POPULARITY
226,847
12,573
Pat O'Brien in I Sell Anything (1934)
ComedyDramaRomance
Auctioneer Spot Cash Cutler is planning the scam of a lifetime, but will he get burned?Auctioneer Spot Cash Cutler is planning the scam of a lifetime, but will he get burned?Auctioneer Spot Cash Cutler is planning the scam of a lifetime, but will he get burned?
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
151
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
226,847
12,573
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Director
      • Robert Florey
    • Writers
      • Brown Holmes(screen play)
      • Sidney Sutherland(screen play)
      • Albert J. Cohen(story)
    • Stars
      • Pat O'Brien
      • Ann Dvorak
      • Claire Dodd
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    • Director
      • Robert Florey
    • Writers
      • Brown Holmes(screen play)
      • Sidney Sutherland(screen play)
      • Albert J. Cohen(story)
    • Stars
      • Pat O'Brien
      • Ann Dvorak
      • Claire Dodd
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    • 5User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    Pat O'Brien
    Pat O'Brien
    • 'Spot Cash' Cutler
    Ann Dvorak
    Ann Dvorak
    • Barbara
    Claire Dodd
    Claire Dodd
    • Millicent
    Roscoe Karns
    Roscoe Karns
    • Monk
    Hobart Cavanaugh
    Hobart Cavanaugh
    • Stooge
    Russell Hopton
    Russell Hopton
    • 'Smiley'
    Robert Barrat
    Robert Barrat
    • McPherson
    Harry Tyler
    Harry Tyler
    • Second Stooge
    Gus Shy
    • Third Stooge
    Leonard Carey
    Leonard Carey
    • Pertwee - Millicent's Chauffeur
    Ferdinand Gottschalk
    Ferdinand Gottschalk
    • Barouche
    Clay Clement
    Clay Clement
    • Peter Van Gruen
    Herman Bing
    Herman Bing
    • Dutchman Bidding $1.25
    • (uncredited)
    David Calles
    • Half-Witted Customer
    • (uncredited)
    André Cheron
    • Pierre - Headwaiter
    • (uncredited)
    Nick Copeland
    • Spectator
    • (uncredited)
    Gino Corrado
    Gino Corrado
    • Waiter
    • (uncredited)
    John Elliott
    John Elliott
    • Lawyer
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Robert Florey
    • Writers
      • Brown Holmes(screen play)
      • Sidney Sutherland(screen play)
      • Albert J. Cohen(story)
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      The $5,000 Cellini belt buckle would be worth over $88,000 in 2015.
    • Goofs
      When Spot and Millicent leave his office, from the interior shot the outer side of the door is blank, but when they move into the hall, the door has "Office" written upon it.
    • Quotes

      Barouche: [speaking of furniture] You know, of course, what Louis the Fourteenth was responsible for?

      'Spot Cash' Cutler: Sure, Louis the Fifthteenth!

    • Soundtracks
      A Bird in a Gilded Cage
      (1900) (uncredited)

      Music by Harry von Tilzer

      Lyrics by Arthur J. Lamb

      Sung by entertainers in the beer garden

    User reviews5

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    Top review
    5/10
    I Talk Endlessly
    This is a movie about a shady auctioneer who is in love with his gift of gab, which our hero believes allows him to sell anything to anybody. This means much of the movie's brief running time is filled up with Pat O'Brien blabbing on, auctioneer style, about the peerless quality of his goods, the fairness of his pricing, his own inflated sense of self-regard, and (to his acolytes) the swell tricks he just pulled on some poor sap or other. If you like your petty swindlers to spew reams of bogus verbosity, this is the film for you.

    Unfortunately, we're supposed to find our hero at least somewhat likable. Maybe Cagney could have pulled this off. Pat O'Brien, however, you just want to hit with an auctioneer's mallet. Ann Dvorak is given pretty good reason to revere the guy by the script, but, by the end of the film, it's hard to understand why she would not be joining the line of folks who want to murder the twit.

    At least the movie makers had the wit to depict O'Brien as someone easily duped and he does not, ultimately, succeed in his big time schemes. And, like most Warners of the period, the film moves along pretty well. The problem here is the one finds with a lot of 30s Clark Gable films -- the lead character is a selfish cad in need of a sound thrashing, rather than a happy ending with the pretty female lead.
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    • Release date
      • October 20, 1934 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • I Sell Everything
    • Filming locations
      • Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA
    • Production company
      • First National Pictures
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 10 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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