Get That Man is a 1935 American drama film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet, from a screenplay by Betty Burbridge. It stars Wallace Ford as Jack Kirkland, a taxi driver who discovers he closely resembles of a murdered heir to a fortune. Ford also plays the murdered heir, John Prescott.

Get That Man
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Directed bySpencer Gordon Bennet
Written byBetty Burbridge
Produced bySpencer Gordon Bennet
Lester F. Scott, Jr.
StarringWallace Ford
Leon Ames
CinematographyJames S. Brown Jr.
Edited byEthel Davey
Music byLee Zahler
Production
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Scott-Bennet Production
Distributed byMayfair Pictures
Release date
  • July 11, 1935 (1935-07-11)
Running time
58 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Due to a failure to renew copyright, it is now in the public domain.[1]

Plot

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Cast

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  • Wallace Ford as Jack Kirkland/John Prescott
  • Finis Barton as Diane Prescott
  • E. Alyn Warren as Jay Malone
  • Leon Ames as Don Malone
  • Lillian Miles as Fay Prescott
  • Laura Treadwell as Mrs. Prescott
  • William Humphries as Mr. Brownlee
  • Johnstone White as Mr. Joyce

Release

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Originally released on July 11, 1935, Get That Man appears regularly on many public domain DVD compilations. It was released as a standalone disc on July 26, 2011 by Alpha Video.[2][3]

Reception

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Hal Erickson graded Get That Man with two out of five stars.[3]

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