This Day and Age (1933)

5.0/10 86 min Crime Drama Romance

Overview

A modern-day tale of gangsterism and revenge. After a notorious mobster murders a Jewish tailor and is let off for the crime, a band of outraged high-school students turns into vigilante crusaders hell-bent on punishing the wrongdoers. Memorable pre-Code moment: the students torturing a gangster by dangling him over a pit filled with rats.

Cast

Charles Bickford

Louis Garrett

Richard Cromwell

Steve Smith

Judith Allen

Gay Merrick

Bradley Page

Toledo

Harry Green

Herman

Ben Alexander

Morry Dover

Edward Nugent

Don Merrick

Charles Middleton

District Attorney

George Barbier

Judge Maguire

Samuel S. Hinds

Mayor

Billy Gilbert

Nightclub Manager

Louise Carter

Grace Smith

Fuzzy Knight

Max

John Carradine

Assistant Principal

Edwin Maxwell

Mayor's Assistant

Sidney Miller

Harold Miller

Toby Wing

Student (uncredited)

Onest Conley

George Harris

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