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CrimeRomanceComedy

You and Me

- Every time she says 'I Love You'... she breaks the law!

Mr. Morris, the owner of a large metropolitan department store, gives jobs to paroled ex-convicts in an effort to help them reform and go straight. Among his 'employed-prison-graduates' are Helen Roberts and Joe Dennis, working as sales clerks. Joe is in love with Helen and asks her to marry him, but she is forbidden to marry as she is still on parole, but she says yes and they are married. In spite of their poverty-level life, their marriage is a happy one until Joe discovers she has lied about her past, in order to marry him. Disillusioned, he leaves, goes back to his old gang and plans to rob the department store.

Release Date : 1938-06-01

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Paramount Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Sylvia Sidney

Character Name : Helen Roberts

Original Name : Sylvia Sidney

Gender : Female

George Raft

Character Name : Joe Dennis

Original Name : George Raft

Gender : Male

Barton MacLane

Character Name : Mickey

Original Name : Barton MacLane

Gender : Male

Harry Carey

Character Name : Mr. Morris

Original Name : Harry Carey

Gender : Male

Roscoe Karns

Character Name : Cuffy

Original Name : Roscoe Karns

Gender : Male

George E. Stone

Character Name : Pasty

Original Name : George E. Stone

Gender : Male

Warren Hymer

Character Name : Gimpy Carter

Original Name : Warren Hymer

Gender : Male

Robert Cummings

Character Name : Jim

Original Name : Robert Cummings

Gender : Male

Adrian Morris

Character Name : Knucks

Original Name : Adrian Morris

Gender : Male

Roger Gray

Character Name : Bath House

Original Name : Roger Gray

Gender : Male

Cecil Cunningham

Character Name : Mrs. Morris

Original Name : Cecil Cunningham

Gender : Female

Vera Gordon

Character Name : Mrs. Levine

Original Name : Vera Gordon

Gender : Female

Egon Brecher

Character Name : Mr. Levine

Original Name : Egon Brecher

Gender : Male

Willard Robertson

Character Name : Dayton

Original Name : Willard Robertson

Gender : Male

Guinn "Big Boy" Williams

Character Name : Taxi

Original Name : Guinn "Big Boy" Williams

Gender : Male

Bernadene Hayes

Character Name : Nellie

Original Name : Bernadene Hayes

Gender : Female

Joyce Compton

Character Name : Curly Blonde

Original Name : Joyce Compton

Gender : Female

Carol Paige

Character Name : Torch Singer

Original Name : Carol Paige

Gender : Male

Ernie Adams

Character Name : Nick (uncredited)

Original Name : Ernie Adams

Gender : Male

Sam Ash

Character Name : Second Floorwalker (uncredited)

Original Name : Sam Ash

Gender : Male

Max Barwyn

Character Name : German Waiter (uncredited)

Original Name : Max Barwyn

Gender : Male

Harlan Briggs

Character Name : Thomas McTavish (uncredited)

Original Name : Harlan Briggs

Gender : Male

Marie Burton

Character Name : Sales Clerk (uncredited)

Original Name : Marie Burton

Gender : Female

Ethel Clayton

Character Name : Employment Agency Clerk (uncredited)

Original Name : Ethel Clayton

Gender : Female

Sheila Darcy

Character Name : Perfume Clerk (uncredited)

Original Name : Sheila Darcy

Gender : Male

William B. Davidson

Character Name : N. G. Orton, Attorney-at-Law (uncredited)

Original Name : William B. Davidson

Gender : Male

Hal K. Dawson

Character Name : Information Clerk (uncredited)

Original Name : Hal K. Dawson

Gender : Male

Dorothy Dayton

Character Name : Sales Clerk (uncredited)

Original Name : Dorothy Dayton

Gender : Male

Paula DeCardo

Character Name : Cigarette Girl (uncredited)

Original Name : Paula DeCardo

Gender : Male

Richard Denning

Character Name : Salesman (uncredited)

Original Name : Richard Denning

Gender : Male

Jane Dewey

Character Name : Sales Clerk (uncredited)

Original Name : Jane Dewey

Gender : Male

Ellen Drew

Character Name : Cashier (uncredited)

Original Name : Ellen Drew

Gender : Female

Jimmie Dundee

Character Name : Greyhound Bus Driver (uncredited)

Original Name : Jimmie Dundee

Gender : Male

Yvonne Duval

Character Name : Sales Clerk (uncredited)

Original Name : Yvonne Duval

Gender : Male

Fern Emmett

Character Name : Mother of Nasty Little Girl (uncredited)

Original Name : Fern Emmett

Gender : Female

Julia Faye

Character Name : Secretary (uncredited)

Original Name : Julia Faye

Gender : Female

Greta Granstedt

Character Name : Sales Clerk (uncredited)

Original Name : Greta Granstedt

Gender : Female

Joe Gray

Character Name : Red (uncredited)

Original Name : Joe Gray

Gender : Male

Kit Guard

Character Name : 2nd Gangster / Prison Inmate (uncredited)

Original Name : Kit Guard

Gender : Male

Harriette Haddon

Character Name : Cigarette Girl (uncredited)

Original Name : Harriette Haddon

Gender : Male

Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian

Character Name : Lucky (uncredited)

Original Name : Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian

Gender : Male

Robert Homans

Character Name : Security Guard in Store (uncredited)

Original Name : Robert Homans

Gender : Male

Arthur Hoyt

Character Name : Mr. Klein (uncredited)

Original Name : Arthur Hoyt

Gender : Male

John Hubbard

Character Name : Salesman (uncredited)

Original Name : John Hubbard

Gender : Male

Barbara Jackson

Character Name : Demonstrator (uncredited)

Original Name : Barbara Jackson

Gender : Male

Lola Jensen

Character Name : Sales Clerk (uncredited)

Original Name : Lola Jensen

Gender : Female

Gwen Kenyon

Character Name : Hat-Check Girl (uncredited)

Original Name : Gwen Kenyon

Gender : Female

Herta Lynd

Character Name : Swedish Waitress (uncredited)

Original Name : Herta Lynd

Gender : Male

Joyce Mathews

Character Name : Sales Clerk (uncredited)

Original Name : Joyce Mathews

Gender : Male

Matt McHugh

Character Name : Newcomer (uncredited)

Original Name : Matt McHugh

Gender : Male

James McNamara

Character Name : Big Shot (uncredited)

Original Name : James McNamara

Gender : Male

Ray Middleton

Character Name : Salesman (uncredited)

Original Name : Ray Middleton

Gender : Male

Helaine Moler

Character Name : Sales Clerk (uncredited)

Original Name : Helaine Moler

Gender : Male

Jack Mulhall

Character Name : First Floorwalker (uncredited)

Original Name : Jack Mulhall

Gender : Male

Paul Newlan

Character Name : Bouncer at Danceland (uncredited)

Original Name : Paul Newlan

Gender : Male

Carol Parker

Character Name : Sales Clerk (uncredited)

Original Name : Carol Parker

Gender : Male

Edward Pawley

Character Name : Dutch (uncredited)

Original Name : Edward Pawley

Gender : Male

Jack Pennick

Character Name : Gangster (uncredited)

Original Name : Jack Pennick

Gender : Male

Juanita Quigley

Character Name : Nasty Little Girl (uncredited)

Original Name : Juanita Quigley

Gender : Female

Margaret Randall

Character Name : Shoplifter (uncredited)

Original Name : Margaret Randall

Gender : Male

Ruth Rogers

Character Name : Blonde Salesgirl (uncredited)

Original Name : Ruth Rogers

Gender : Female

Barbara Salisbury

Character Name : Demonstrator (uncredited)

Original Name : Barbara Salisbury

Gender : Male

Louise Seidel

Character Name : Hat-Check Girl (uncredited)

Original Name : Louise Seidel

Gender : Male

Harry Tenbrook

Character Name : Bartender (uncredited)

Original Name : Harry Tenbrook

Gender : Male

Archie Twitchell

Character Name : Salesman (uncredited)

Original Name : Archie Twitchell

Gender : Male

Blanca Vischer

Character Name : Flower Girl (uncredited)

Original Name : Blanca Vischer

Gender : Female

Cheryl Walker

Character Name : Sales Clerk (uncredited)

Original Name : Cheryl Walker

Gender : Female

Phil Warren

Character Name : Secretary (uncredited)

Original Name : Phil Warren

Gender : Male

Marion Weldon

Character Name : Demonstrator (uncredited)

Original Name : Marion Weldon

Gender : Female

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-07-12

This is quite an enjoyable film-noir from Fritz Lang that sees wealthy department store owner "Morris" (Harry Carey) use his position to try and help ex-convicts get back on their feet. For many of them it's a catch-22. If they don't have a job they don't get parole and vice versa - so he gives them jobs. Is he just being overly optimistic of might he really be making a difference? Well his benevolence is to be sorely tested when "Joe" (George Raft) appears on the scene. He takes an immediate shine to "Helen" (Sylvia Sidney) and they get married - except, well, she's on parole too so can't get married and that narks "Joe" back into his old habits - and a robbery of the store is planned. Will they get away with it, though? The crime caper elements of this aren't so important, really. This is more a gentle character study of nature and nurture with a little benign opportunity thrown in for good measure. There's a fun scene with "Helen" trying to explain to the would-be thieves just how the economics of crime at their (low) level of the criminal food chain might work which does raise a smile and there's a good chemistry between Sidney and a Raft who's left his menacing hat at the stage door this time. The ending is a little bit twee, but we've some entertainment and the tiniest bit of engaging moralising to keep it going along nicely until the - as well as a few ditties from Kurt Weill and Sam Coslow.