Name: Get That Man
Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet
Genre: Comedy, Action, Crime
Released: 1935-07-10
Duration: 58 min
Rating: 4.3
Cast: Wallace Ford, Finis Barton, E. Alyn Warren, Leon Ames, Lillian Miles

One taxi ride. Two identical men. Zero chance this goes smoothly.

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One taxi ride. Two identical men. Zero chance this goes smoothly.

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pre-Code chaosmistaken identity mayhemB-movie charm

Overview

Comedy Action Crime

Life gets complicated for a taxi driver when it's discovered that he's the spitting image of the murdered heir to a fortune.

Content warning

police officer

Standout Aspects

Acting

Wallace Ford's double-duty energy carries the whole thing.

Production

Depression-era scrappy filmmaking at its most resourceful.

Best for:Solo·Background

Director

Spencer Gordon Bennet

ReleasedJul 10, 1935

Runtime58m

StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacefast

Intensitymedium

Tonelight

Feellight

Mayfair Pictures Corporation

Top Cast

Wallace Ford

Jack Kirkland / John Prescott

Finis Barton

Diane Prescott

E. Alyn Warren

Jay Malone, Private Investigator

Leon Ames

Don Clayton / McDonald

Lillian Miles

Fay Prescott, John Jr.'s Wife

William Humphrey

Mr. Brownlee

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Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

Wallace Ford was a WWI veteran who lost a leg — you'd never know from his frantic physical comedy here.

Cultural

This 1935 'quota quickie' was shot fast and cheap to fill theater schedules, yet it accidentally preserved the loose, dangerous energy of pre-Code Hollywood just as the Hays Code was tightening its grip.