High Pressure
Leaving March 31
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1h 13m
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy • 1932 • United States
Starring William Powell, Evelyn Brent, John Wray
William Powell (THE THIN MAN) is at his ruthlessly charming best in this breakneck con-man comedy. He stars as Gar Evans, a fast-talking hustler who makes a fortune selling stock in a company with a revolutionary new process to turn sewage into synthetic rubber. The only problem: Evans doesn’t know if the process actually works. When the “genius” behind this supposedly miraculous scientific breakthrough goes AWOL, Evans has to think fast to keep from losing everything.
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