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RUNTIME
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Tight 70-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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Prescription for Romance
1937 1h 10m EN
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9.0
MASTERPIECE
★9.0TMDB · 1
ComedyRomance
Synopsis
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In this romance, a detective teams up with a count and travels to Budapest in search of an embezzler. While there, the two get involved with a female physician in whose house the criminal is concealed (the doctor doesn't know this). Soon the detective and the doctor are involved.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Wendy Barrie
Valerie Wilson
Kent Taylor
Steve Macy
Frank Jenks
Smitty
Mischa Auer
Count Sandor
Gregory Gaye
Dr. Paul Azarny
Dorothea Kent
Lola Carroll
Henry Hunter
Kenneth Barton
Samuel S. Hinds
Major Goddard
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- S. Sylvan Simon
- Writers
- Albert R. Perkins, James Mulhauser, Robert T. Shannon
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Fun facts 🍿
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ERA
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89 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
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RUNTIME
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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
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CAST
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Wendy Barrie and Kent Taylor and Frank Jenks carry the top of the cast.
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt0029438 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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WILD
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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
S. Sylvan Simon directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 70-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 289 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Wendy Barrie and Kent Taylor and Frank Jenks carry the top of the cast.
- 5IMDB entry: tt0029438 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 70 min · 1h 10m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
Also by
S. Sylvan Simon
Key crew
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- detective
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1937-12-12
