The Cat's-Paw (1934)
Naive Ezekial Cobb, brought up by his missionary father in China returns to America to seek a wife. Corrupt politicians enlist him to run for mayor as a dummy candidate with no chance of winning. Their plan backfires as he wins and embarks upon a reform crusade.
- Released
- 1934-08-07
- Genres
- Comedy
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Sam Taylor
- TMDB rating
- 6.1/10 from 21 votes
Cast
- Harold Lloyd as Ezekiel Cobb
- Una Merkel as Petunia Pratt / Cobb
- George Barbier as Jake Mayo
- Nat Pendleton as Strozzi
- Grace Bradley as Dolores Doce
- Alan Dinehart as Mayor Ed Morgan
- Grant Mitchell as Silk Hot McGee
- E. Alyn Warren as Tien Wang (as Fred Warren)
- Warren Hymer as 'Spike' Slattery
- J. Farrell MacDonald as Shigley
- James Donlan as Red - the Reporter
- Edwin Maxwell as District Attorney Neal