Stand-In
6.7
“Hail! The conquering hero comes!”
An east coast efficiency expert, who stakes his reputation on his ability to turn around a financially troubled Hollywood studio, receives some help from a former child star who now works as a stand-in for the studio.
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Cast
20 people
Leslie Howard
Atterbury Dodd
Known for
Gone with the Wind
The Petrified Forest
Joan Blondell
Lester Plum
Known for
Grease
The Public Enemy
Humphrey Bogart
Doug Quintain
Known for
Casablanca
The Maltese Falcon
Alan Mowbray
Koslofski
Known for
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Terror by Night
Marla Shelton
Thelma Cheri
Also in
Escape to Paradise
Personal Property
C. Henry Gordon
Ivor Nassau
Known for
Scarface
Mata Hari
Jack Carson
Tom Potts
Known for
Mildred Pierce
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
William V. Mong
Cyrus Pettypacker
Known for
Treasure Island
The Vampire Bat
Esther Howard
Mrs, Mack
Known for
Detour
Murder, My Sweet
Charles Middleton
Actor Dressed as Abraham Lincoln
Known for
Duck Soup
The Flying Deuces
Emerson Treacy
Tommy
Known for
Adam's Rib
The Prowler
Tully Marshall
Fowler Pettypacker
Known for
Scarface
This Gun for Hire
Tay Garnett Director · C. Graham Baker Screenplay Gene Towne Screenplay
Worldwide gross $618K · Budget $524K · United States release October 29, 1937
Box office
Budget
$523,869
Worldwide gross
$617,521
Gross vs. budget
1.2×
Production
United Artists
Production
Walter Wanger Productions
Production
United Artists Pictures
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · October 29, 1937
Theatrical
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