The Miracle Man (1932 film)
The Miracle Man | |
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Directed by | Norman Z. McLeod |
Written by | George M. Cohan (1914 play)[1] Robert Hobart Davis Samuel Hoffenstein Frank L. Packard Waldemar Young |
Starring | Sylvia Sidney Chester Morris |
Cinematography | David Abel |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Miracle Man is a 1932 American
Plot
Doc, a crook in Chinatown, must flee when Nikko, a local bazaar owner, gets fresh with Doc's accomplice, Helen Smith, and Doc nearly kills him. Using the name John Madison, Doc hides out in Meadville, California, where he meets the Patriarch, a
Doc stages a mock miracle in which Frog is "transformed" from a crippled state to perfect health. At the same time, however, the Patriarch heals real cripples Bobbie Holmes and Margaret Thornton, who has come to Meadville with her millionaire brother Robert for the Patriarch's miracle cure. The miracles cause a great fervor, and Doc collects money in Helen's name from scores of believers, ostensibly to build a chapel. Robert falls in love with Helen, and one night, they get stranded on his yacht and Doc flies into a jealous rage, planning to kill Robert. Later, the Patriarch is nearing death, and Helen, Frog and Harry refuse to support Doc's extortion efforts. Doc is about to abscond with the chapel money, when Robert tells him he proposed to Helen, but was turned down because she loves Doc. Suddenly sorry for his greed, Doc returns the money and swears his love to Helen as the Patriarch dies.
Cast
- Sylvia Sidney as Helen Smith
- Chester Morris as John Madison
- Robert Coogan as Bobbie Holmes
- John Wray as The Frog
- Ned Sparks as Harry Evans (as Ned A. Sparks)
- Hobart Bosworth as The Patriarch
- Lloyd Hughes as Robert Thornton
- Virginia Bruce as Margaret Thornton
- Boris Karloff as Nikko
- Irving Pichel as Henry Holmes
- Frank Darien as Hiram Higgins
See also
References
- ^ "The Miracle Man – Broadway Play – Original | IBDB".
- ^ Sandra Brennan (2016). "The Miracle Man". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
External links
- The Miracle Man at IMDb
- The Miracle Man at AllMovie