Drama Comedy Romance
Ten screenwriters collaborated on this series of tales concerning the effect a tailcoat cursed by its tailor has on those who wear it. The video release features a W.C. Fields segment not included in the original theatrical release.
Directed by
Julien Duvivier
Written by
László Görög, Samuel Hoffenstein, László Vadnay, Lamar Trotti, Donald Ogden Stewart, Alan Campbell, Ben Hecht, Henry Blankfort, Ferenc Molnár, Ladislas Fodor
Elsa Lanchester
Elsa (Mrs Charles) Smith
Donald Douglas
'Hen 'Henderson (Robinson sequence) (as Don Douglas)
Cesar Romero
Harry Wilson
Henry Fonda
George
Rita Hayworth
Ethel Halloway
Ethel Waters
Esther
Phil Silvers
First Salesman at Santelli's (uncredited)
George Sanders
Williams
Morris Ankrum
Judge
Charles Laughton
Charles Smith
Charles Boyer
Paul Orman
Ginger Rogers
Diane
J. Carrol Naish
Burglar - Robber #1
Mae Marsh
Molly (Robinson sequence)
Will Wright
Old Concertgoer (Laughton sequence) (uncredited)
Thomas Mitchell
John Halloway
Gail Patrick
Ellen - Diane's friend
Clarence Muse
Grandpa (Robeson sequence)
Rondo Hatton
Party Guest (uncredited)
Edward G. Robinson
Avery L. 'Larry' Browne
Marcel Dalio
Second Salesman at Sandelli's (uncredited)
Harry Davenport
Prof. Lyons
Harry Hayden
'Soupy' Davis (Robinson sequence)
W.C. Fields
Professor Pufflewhistle
Christian Rub
Cello Player (Laughton sequence)
Roland Young
Edgar - Wilson's butler
James Gleason
Joe - Mission Aid Society
Helene Reynolds
Actress (Boyer sequence)
Eugene Pallette
Luther - Orman's butler
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
Rev. Lazarus
Adeline De Walt Reynolds
Elsa's Old Mother (Laughton sequence)
Margaret Dumont
Mme. Langehanke (uncredited)
Blue Washington
Shantytown Man (Robeson sequence) (uncredited)
Paul Robeson
Luke
James Rennie
H.R. 'Hank' Bronson (Robinson sequence)
Frank Orth
Secondhand Clothes Dealer (Rogers sequence)
Marion Martin
'Squirrel' Grey
Cordell Hickman
Little Nicodemus (Robeson sequence)
Victor Francen
Arturo Bellini - Symphony conductor
George H. Reed
Christopher (Robeson sequence)
Paul Renay
'Spud' Johnson (Robinson sequence)
Barbara Lynn
Mary (Robinson sequence)
Hazel Dohlman
Concertgoer (uncredited)
Herschel Graham
Concertgoer (uncredited)
Stuart Hall
Reunion Guest (uncredited)

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