The Earl Of Chicago - Original Trailer 1939
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- Critics Rating 2 critics
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- Release Date: 1940
- Runtime: 87 min
- Genre: Drama
- Starring: Robert Montgomery, Edward Arnold, Reginald Owen, Edmund Gwenn ... see all
- Director: Richard Thorpe, Victor Saville
- Plot: Silky has always moved booze. In prohibition, he smuggled it from Canada, but now that it is legal, he produces his own brand. Seven years before, he sent Doc to... Read more
User Reviews
If you thought it was a gangster drama, you're mistaken
Feb 13, 2006
jpardes - imdb.com
Feb 13, 2006jpardes - imdb.com
I've seen a lot of reviews of this film here claiming it's a gangster drama that would've worked better as a comedy. Did you miss the laughs? Some critics argue that Robert Montgomery was doing an unintentionally comedic gangster with... Full review
Horrible Waste of Time
Feb 11, 2006
LadyJaneGrey - imdb.com
Feb 11, 2006LadyJaneGrey - imdb.com
I kept waiting for this movie to be better. I love Robert Montgomery, and the supporting players here (Edmund Gwenn, Edward Arnold) are stellar. But Montgomery is painfully miscast as Silky Kinmount, the Chicago tough guy who runs a distillery... Full review
Eighty-six Minutes Too Long
Oct 21, 2005
Richard Green - imdb.com
Oct 21, 2005Richard Green - imdb.com
One of the guilty pleasures of a day off during the week, is the chance to catch some of the truly rare movies offered by TCM -- Turner Classic Movies -- on the cable. And so there was a chance... Full review
The Pedegree of the Earl of Gorlay
May 13, 2004
theowinthrop - imdb.com
May 13, 2004theowinthrop - imdb.com
It is not a great film, but THE EARL OF CHICAGO has it's moments. Although Edward Arnold is playing a character ultimately getting even with Robert Montgomery for framing him (and sending him to prison for seven years), he actualy... Full review
A miscast Robert Montgomery and a questionable screenplay leave very little to like in this drama.
Jan 30, 1999
Arthur Hausner - imdb.com
Jan 30, 1999Arthur Hausner - imdb.com
As much as I like Robert Montgomery as an actor, he doesn't cut it as a Chicago ex-bootlegger and gangster. His idea of acting tough is to jut out his lower lip and say "yeah" a hundred or so times.... Full review
Critics Reviews
Fandango
The schizophrenic screenplay of The Earl of Chicago is rendered even more bizarre by the uneven performance by Robert Montgomery. ... Full Review
MTV.com
The schizophrenic screenplay of The Earl of Chicago is rendered even more bizarre by the uneven performance by Robert Montgomery. ... Full Review
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