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The Innocents of Chicago

The Innocents of Chicago

MAR 20, 1932 · 63 MIN · DIR. LUPINO LANE

Comedy

Naïve young Englishman, Silas P. Binns inherits a substantial business in Chicago. Unaware of the city's reputation for rampant organized crime during the Prohibition era, Silas arrives in America with idealistic expectations. Upon his arrival, he finds himself inadvertently caught in the middle of a fierce and dangerous turf war between rival gangster factions. The humor of the film stems from Silas's "innocent" and oblivious nature as he navigates the violent underworld of Chicago, often mistaking life-threatening situations for ordinary business or social interactions.

Cast

  • Henry Kendall

    Henry Kendall

    Percy Lloyd

  • Margot Grahame

    Margot Grahame

    Lil

  • Binnie Barnes

    Binnie Barnes

    Peg Guinan

  • Bernard Nedell

    Bernard Nedell

    Tony Costello

  • Ben Welden

    Ben Welden

    Spike Guinan

  • Wallace Lupino

    Wallace Lupino

    Gangster

  • Charles Farrell

    Charles Farrell

    Smiler

  • Cyril Smith

    Cyril Smith

    Gangster

  • Val Guest

    Val Guest

    Gangster

  • Dorothy Fane

    Dorothy Fane

  • Betty Norton

    Betty Woods

  • Ernest Sefton

    Gangster

Crew

Writer

Leslie Arliss

Director of Photography

Ernest Palmer

Editor

Leslie Norman

Producer

Lupino Lane