Dynamite (1929)

6.4/10 129 min Drama

Overview

Wealthy Cynthia is in love with not-so-wealthy Roger, who is married to Marcia. The threesome is terribly modern about the situation, and Marcia will gladly divorce Roger if Cynthia agrees to a financial settlement. But Cynthia's wealth is in jeopardy because her trust fund will expire if she is not married by a certain date. To satisfy that condition, Cynthia arranges to marry Hagon Derk, who is condemned to die for a crime he didn't commit. She pays him so he can provide for his little sister. But at the last minute, Derk is freed when the true criminal is discovered. Expecting to be a rich widow, Cynthia finds herself married to a man she doesn't know and doesn't want to.

Cast

Conrad Nagel

Roger Towne

Kay Johnson

Cynthia Crothers

Charles Bickford

Hagon Derk

Julia Faye

Marcia Towne

Joel McCrea

Marco

Robert Edeson

Wise Fool

William Holden

Wise Fool

Leslie Fenton

Young 'Vulture'

Tyler Brooke

The Life of the Party

Robert T. Haines

The Judge

Douglas Scott

Bobby (as Douglas Frazer Scott)

Jane Keckley

His Mother

Russ Columbo

Singing Mexican Prisoner (uncredited)

Anita Garvin

Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Judith Barrett

Good Mixer

Wade Boteler

Mine Foreman

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