

Friends of Mr. Sweeney(1934)
"THE WORM TURNS...TWICE!"
Overview
Asaph (Charles Ruggles) is a meek, mild-mannered homebody who occasionally shows some backbone to his prudish, overbearing boss, only to be beaten down again. With the encouragement of his secretary Beulah (Ann Dvorak), his old college team-mate Wynn (Eugene Pallette) and some liquor, Asaph regains some of his wild-man soul. Watch out world!
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Charles Ruggles
Asaph 'Ace' Holliday

Ann Dvorak
Miss Beulah Boyd

Eugene Pallette
Wynn Rixey

Dorothy Burgess
Millie Seagrove

Robert Barrat
Alexis Romanoff

Dorothy Tree
Countess Olga Andrei Misitalsky

Berton Churchill
Franklyn P. Brumbaugh

Harry Tyler
Mike, the Safecracker

Harry Beresford
Claude

William B. Davidson
Stephen Prime

Irving Bacon
Hat Check Attendent

Maurice Black
Pierre, the Headwaiter

James Burke
Policeman Arresting Wynn

Clay Clement
Charles Cramer

G. Pat Collins
Soda Jerk
Tom Costello
Men's Table Dealer

Lester Dorr
Ladies' Table Dealer

Robert Ellis
Casino Manager
Helena Phillips Evans
Gambling Dowager
Betty Farrington
Chocolate Malt and Chocolate Éclair Diner

Pat Harmon
Superior Club Doorman

Ben Hendricks Jr.
Veal Cutlets and Coffee Diner

Eddie Kane
Maitre d'Casino

Mike Lally
Casino Floorman

Theodore Lorch
Gambler

Spec O'Donnell
Office Boy
Anne O'Neal
Brumbaugh's Secretary
Henry Otho
Fireman

Rosalie Roy
Polly Granger, Beulah's Friend

Mary Russell
Prime's Secretary
Eddie Shubert
'Red' Turner

Charles Sullivan
Casino Manager's Office Doorman

Harry Tenbrook
Gangster with Mike
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