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Marie Galante

  • 19341934
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 28m
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
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Ketti Gallian in Marie Galante (1934)
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Marie is kidnapped and taken aboard ship, then thrown off at Yucatan. She winds up singing in a café in the Panama Canal zone. There she gets involved in a plot to destroy the canal and runs... Read allMarie is kidnapped and taken aboard ship, then thrown off at Yucatan. She winds up singing in a café in the Panama Canal zone. There she gets involved in a plot to destroy the canal and runs into American intelligence officer Crawbett.Marie is kidnapped and taken aboard ship, then thrown off at Yucatan. She winds up singing in a café in the Panama Canal zone. There she gets involved in a plot to destroy the canal and runs into American intelligence officer Crawbett.
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
375
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    • Henry King
  • Writers
    • Reginald Berkeley(screen play)
    • Jacques Deval(based on the novel by)
    • William Absalom Drake(contributor to screenplay construction)
  • Stars
    • Spencer Tracy
    • Ketti Gallian
    • Ned Sparks
    • Henry King
  • Writers
    • Reginald Berkeley(screen play)
    • Jacques Deval(based on the novel by)
    • William Absalom Drake(contributor to screenplay construction)
  • Stars
    • Spencer Tracy
    • Ketti Gallian
    • Ned Sparks
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 12User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    Spencer Tracy, Stepin Fetchit, Ketti Gallian, Sig Ruman, and Ned Sparks in Marie Galante (1934)
    Spencer Tracy and Ned Sparks in Marie Galante (1934)
    Spencer Tracy in Marie Galante (1934)
    Spencer Tracy, Adrienne D'Ambricourt, Ketti Gallian, and Helen Morgan in Marie Galante (1934)
    Spencer Tracy and Ketti Gallian in Marie Galante (1934)
    Spencer Tracy, Ketti Gallian, Helen Morgan, and Ned Sparks in Marie Galante (1934)
    Ketti Gallian in Marie Galante (1934)
    Ketti Gallian in Marie Galante (1934)
    Ketti Gallian in Marie Galante (1934)
    Ketti Gallian in Marie Galante (1934)
    Spencer Tracy, Leslie Fenton, Ketti Gallian, and Sig Ruman in Marie Galante (1934)
    Ketti Gallian in Marie Galante (1934)

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    Spencer Tracy
    Spencer Tracy
    • Dr. Crawbett
    Ketti Gallian
    Ketti Gallian
    • Marie Galante
    Ned Sparks
    Ned Sparks
    • Plosser
    Helen Morgan
    Helen Morgan
    • Miss Tapia
    Sig Ruman
    Sig Ruman
    • Brogard
    • (as Sigfried Rumann)
    Leslie Fenton
    Leslie Fenton
    • Gen. Saki Tenoki
    Arthur Byron
    Arthur Byron
    • Gen. Gerald Phillips
    Robert Loraine
    • Ratcliff
    Frank Darien
    Frank Darien
    • Ellsworth
    Frank Adams
    • Crew Member
    • (uncredited)
    Janet Barrett
    • Dancer
    • (uncredited)
    Muriel Barrett
    Muriel Barrett
    • Dancer
    • (uncredited)
    Eugene Beday
    • Minor Role
    • (uncredited)
    Guy Bellis
    • Commissioner at Scotland Yard
    • (uncredited)
    Joseph E. Bernard
    Joseph E. Bernard
    • Port Controller
    • (uncredited)
    Eugene Borden
    • Assistant to the Prefect of Police
    • (uncredited)
    Agostino Borgato
    Agostino Borgato
    • Frenchman
    • (uncredited)
    Nina Borget
    • Shopper
    • (uncredited)
      • Henry King
    • Writers
      • Reginald Berkeley(screen play)
      • Jacques Deval(based on the novel by)
      • William Absalom Drake(contributor to screenplay construction) (uncredited)
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    • Trivia
      The female lead role was offered to Clara Bow, but she refused.
    • Goofs
      Marie's armband has disappeared when she is imprisoned on the ship.
    • Quotes

      Marie Galante: Ah, Monsieur Brogard is French!

      Brogard: Well, his shop is, anyway.

    • Connections
      Referenced in You Must Remember This: MGM Stories Part 9: Spencer Tracy (2015)
    • Soundtracks
      Serves Me Right for Treating You Wrong
      Written by Maurice Sigler, Al Goodhart and Al Hoffman

      Sung by Helen Morgan in the nightclub

    User reviews12

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    4/10
    Meh....
    The film begins with a French girl (Ketti Gallian) being accidentally taken aboard a ship and dropped in Central America. She is trying desperately to find her way back home and has only made it as far the Panama Canal when she falls into a plot to possibly blow up the canal. Officials think a man named "Reiner" is behind it but no one knows who this man is--and much of the film the viewer is left guessing.

    Despite Spencer Tracy starring in this film, it is not a particularly distinguished film. Part of this is because it was made before Tracy went to MGM--when Twentieth-Century Fox was regularly putting him in very ordinary films. This one, despite a few good supporting character actors, sure looks like a B-movie--with an okay script and nothing to particularly distinguish it. As for Gallian's performance, it was not particularly good and after just a few more Hollywood films, her career would be over in the USA.

    Note the Japanese agent in the film. He looked and sounded about as Japanese as Clark Gable!! Also, in another move towards creating an especially sensitive film(!), Steppin Fetchit has a small role as well.
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    • planktonrules
    • Feb 14, 2010

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      • October 26, 1934 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
      • French
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      • Fox Film Corporation
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    • 1 hour 28 minutes
      • Black and White

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