Clear All Wires! (1933): Cast
Clear All Wires! is a 1933 crime comedy directed by George W. Hill, starring Lee Tracy as Buckley Joyce Thomas, Una Merkel and James Gleason. It runs 1 hour 18 minutes.
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 18m (78 min)
- Director
- George W. Hill
- Original language
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English - Studio
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is Clear All Wires! About?
The premise of Clear All Wires! without spoilers.
Buckley, a sleazy reporter who twists the news for personal gain, goes to Paris to receive a medal for his alleged rescue. He learns his Chicago Globe boss Stevens is dating his ex‑girlfriend Dolly, and when Stevens discovers Dolly is now staying with Buckley in Moscow, he fires him. To regain his job, Buckley and sidekick Lefty fabricate a sensational story about the shooting of the last Romanov, but the scheme backfires and they end up in the Commissar’s crosshairs.
Clear All Wires! Themes & Keywords
· 38 tags- pre code film
- reporter
- medal
- moscow russia
- telegraph
- male female relationship
- telegram
- secret service
- royalty
- revolutionary
- prison
- pickpocket
+26 more Show fewer
- peasant
- paris france
- parade
- newspaper
- morocco
- mistress
- marriage proposal
- marriage of convenience
- laborer
- interview
- impersonation
- gunshot wound
- gunfire
- false accusation
- execution
- fired from a job
- desert
- chicago illinois
- blackmail
- assassination
- arrest
- arab
- farce
- journalism
- foreign correspondent
- based on play
Clear All Wires! Cast & Characters
Lee Tracy leads the cast as Buckley Joyce Thomas, with Una Merkel as Dolly Winslow and James Gleason as Lefty Williams. Directed by George W. Hill; 15 actors are credited in all.
- Director George W. Hill
- Lee Tracy as Buckley Joyce Thomas
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Una Merkel as Dolly Winslow -
James Gleason as Lefty Williams -
C. Henry Gordon as Commissar
Also Starring in Clear All Wires!
· 11 more- Akim Tamiroff Hotel desk clerk (uncredited)
- Mischa Auer Arab leader (uncredited)
- Rolfe Sedan French Radio Operator (uncredited)
- Guy Usher J. H. Stevens
- Lawrence Grant MacKenzie
- John Bleifer Sozanoff
- Benita Hume Kate Nelson
- Lya Lys Eugenie
- Alan Edwards Pettingwaite
- Eugene Sigaloff Prince Alexander
- Ari Kutai Kostya
More from George W. Hill
More films directed by George W. Hill, best-rated first: The Big House, Hell Divers, The Secret Six and Min and Bill.
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Clear All Wires! FAQ: Cast, Runtime & Release Date
Runtime, release date, director, cast and post-credit scenes of Clear All Wires!, each answered in a sentence.
How long is Clear All Wires!?
Clear All Wires! runs 1 hour 18 minutes (78 minutes).
When was Clear All Wires! released?
Clear All Wires! was released on February 24, 1933.
Who directed Clear All Wires!?
Clear All Wires! was directed by George W. Hill.
More films by George W. Hill Who is in the cast of Clear All Wires!?
Clear All Wires! stars Lee Tracy as Buckley Joyce Thomas, Una Merkel as Dolly Winslow and James Gleason as Lefty Williams, among 15 credited actors.
Does Clear All Wires! have a post-credit scene?
No. Clear All Wires! has no extra scene during or after the credits.
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