Infernal Machine
08/04/1933
This pre-Code comedy-thriller centers on Robert Holden, a broke and discouraged veteran, who meets fellow American Elinor Green at a cafe in Paris. After their first encounter, Holden's attempt to return Green's thought-to-be stolen purse ends up rendering him a stowaway on board a ship bound for America. Also aboard is a collection of characters, including Green's banker fiancé, a famed scientist, and an opera singer. Romance begins to blossom between Holden and Green, just as a radiogram claims that an “infernal machine,” or bomb, is aboard the ship. Quickly each passenger accuses the others of planting the bomb until eventually Holden, jealous of Green's attention to her undeserving fiancé, falsely admits to being the culprit. In his role as assumed perpetrator, Holden tests the group further.
Movie Information
Chester Morris
as Robert Holden
Genevieve Tobin
as Elinor Green
Victor Jory
as Alfred Doreen
Elizabeth Patterson
as Elinor's Aunt
Edward Van Sloan
as Professor Gustabve Hoffman
Josephine Whittell
as Mme. Albini
James Bell
as Spencer
Arthur Hohl
as Ship's Captain
Mischa Auer
as Klein
Leonard Carey
as Hans
J. Carrol Naish
as Bryan
