The Defense Rests (1934)

Rating: 6.5 of 10

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Jack Holt as Matthew Mitchell

Has previous starred with Mary Gordon (2 movies), J. Carrol Naish (2 movies), Jean Arthur (2 movies), Lydia Knott (3 movies), Harold Huber (4 movies), Selmer Jackson (6 movies), Bess Flowers (6 movies), John Wray (6 movies)

Jean Arthur as Joan Hayes

Has previous starred with Joan Dix (2 movies), Milla Davenport (2 movies), Shirley Grey (2 movies), Geneva Mitchell (3 movies), Mary Gordon (4 movies), Bess Flowers (7 movies)

Nat Pendleton as Rocky

Has previous starred with Billy West (2 movies), Sarah Padden (2 movies), Carrie Daumery (2 movies), Maston Williams (2 movies), Vivien Oakland (2 movies), Mary Gordon (3 movies), John Wray (3 movies), Raymond Walburn (3 movies), Bess Flowers (5 movies)

Arthur Hohl as James Randolph

Has previous starred with Sarah Padden (2 movies), Joan Dix (2 movies), Carrie Daumery (2 movies), Vivien Oakland (2 movies), Maston Williams (3 movies), Geneva Mitchell (3 movies), Jean Arthur (3 movies), Shirley Grey (3 movies), Lydia Knott (4 movies), J. Carrol Naish (4 movies), Ernest F. Young (4 movies), Jack Holt (4 movies), Harold Huber (4 movies), Nat Pendleton (4 movies), Donald Meek (5 movies), Raymond Walburn (5 movies), John Wray (5 movies), Billy West (6 movies), Selmer Jackson (7 movies), Mary Gordon (9 movies), Bess Flowers (9 movies)

Raymond Walburn as Austin

Has previous starred with Ernest F. Young (2 movies), Joan Dix (2 movies), Mary Gordon (2 movies), Jean Arthur (2 movies), Carrie Daumery (2 movies), Vivien Oakland (2 movies), Billy West (3 movies), Geneva Mitchell (3 movies), John Wray (3 movies), Sarah Padden (4 movies), Bess Flowers (19 movies)

Harold Huber as Castro

Has previous starred with Mary Gordon (2 movies), Donald Meek (3 movies), Selmer Jackson (3 movies), Shirley Grey (3 movies), Billy West (4 movies), J. Carrol Naish (4 movies), Sarah Padden (4 movies), Bess Flowers (5 movies), John Wray (6 movies), Nat Pendleton (6 movies)

Robert Gleckler as Lou Gentry

Has previous starred with Raymond Walburn (2 movies), Harold Huber (2 movies), Donald Meek (2 movies), Jack Holt (2 movies), Billy West (3 movies), Nat Pendleton (3 movies), Raymond Hatton (3 movies), Samuel S. Hinds (3 movies), Arthur Hohl (4 movies), Mary Gordon (4 movies), J. Carrol Naish (4 movies), John Wray (5 movies), Bess Flowers (6 movies), Selmer Jackson (7 movies)

Sarah Padden as Mrs. Evans

Shirley Grey as Mabel Wilson

Has previous starred with Lydia Knott (2 movies), Geneva Mitchell (4 movies)

Donald Meek as Fogg

Has previous starred with Joan Dix (2 movies), Geneva Mitchell (2 movies), Sarah Padden (2 movies), J. Carrol Naish (2 movies), Vivien Oakland (2 movies), Carrie Daumery (2 movies), Maston Williams (2 movies), Ernest F. Young (2 movies), Hal Taggart (3 movies), Jean Arthur (3 movies), Mary Gordon (4 movies), John Wray (4 movies), Billy West (4 movies), Nat Pendleton (6 movies), Raymond Walburn (7 movies), Bess Flowers (15 movies)

Raymond Hatton as Louie

Has previous starred with Vivien Oakland (2 movies), John Wray (2 movies), Maston Williams (2 movies), Arthur Hohl (2 movies), Jean Arthur (2 movies), Bess Flowers (3 movies), Shirley Grey (4 movies), Sarah Padden (4 movies), Selmer Jackson (4 movies), Mary Gordon (5 movies), Harold Huber (5 movies), J. Carrol Naish (5 movies), Samuel S. Hinds (6 movies), Nat Pendleton (9 movies), Jack Holt (12 movies)

Ward Bond as Hood

Has previous starred with Joan Dix (2 movies), Billy West (3 movies), Maston Williams (3 movies), Vivien Oakland (3 movies), Donald Meek (4 movies), Sarah Padden (4 movies), Shirley Grey (4 movies), Jean Arthur (4 movies), Geneva Mitchell (6 movies), Raymond Walburn (6 movies), John Wray (7 movies), Robert Gleckler (7 movies), Nat Pendleton (9 movies), Arthur Hohl (9 movies), J. Carrol Naish (9 movies), Jack Holt (9 movies), Mary Gordon (9 movies), Harold Huber (11 movies), Raymond Hatton (12 movies), Bess Flowers (14 movies), Samuel S. Hinds (14 movies), Selmer Jackson (22 movies)

John Wray as Michael Cooney

Has previous starred with Carrie Daumery (2 movies), Mary Gordon (2 movies), Geneva Mitchell (2 movies), Vivien Oakland (2 movies), Sarah Padden (2 movies), Ernest F. Young (2 movies), Shirley Grey (3 movies), Joan Dix (3 movies), Lydia Knott (4 movies), Bess Flowers (4 movies), Jean Arthur (4 movies)

Vivien Oakland as Mrs. Monte Ballou

Selmer Jackson as Duffy

Has previous starred with Lydia Knott (2 movies), Ernest F. Young (2 movies), Carrie Daumery (2 movies), Maston Williams (2 movies), Joan Dix (3 movies), Jean Arthur (4 movies), Donald Meek (4 movies), Vivien Oakland (4 movies), Shirley Grey (4 movies), Billy West (4 movies), Hal Taggart (5 movies), J. Carrol Naish (6 movies), Geneva Mitchell (7 movies), Nat Pendleton (7 movies), Raymond Walburn (9 movies), Sarah Padden (9 movies), John Wray (10 movies), Mary Gordon (22 movies), Bess Flowers (49 movies)

J. Carrol Naish as Monte Ballou

Has previous starred with Maston Williams (2 movies), Jean Arthur (2 movies), Sarah Padden (3 movies), Shirley Grey (3 movies), Nat Pendleton (3 movies), Raymond Walburn (3 movies), Vivien Oakland (3 movies), John Wray (3 movies), Geneva Mitchell (6 movies), Mary Gordon (6 movies), Bess Flowers (11 movies)

Samuel S. Hinds as Dean Adams

Has previous starred with Lydia Knott (2 movies), Joan Dix (2 movies), Vivien Oakland (2 movies), Hal Taggart (2 movies), Jean Arthur (3 movies), Geneva Mitchell (3 movies), Harold Huber (3 movies), Shirley Grey (4 movies), Raymond Walburn (4 movies), Sarah Padden (5 movies), Arthur Hohl (5 movies), Donald Meek (5 movies), J. Carrol Naish (5 movies), John Wray (6 movies), Mary Gordon (8 movies), Nat Pendleton (14 movies), Bess Flowers (19 movies), Selmer Jackson (21 movies)

Bess Flowers as Receptionist

Has previous starred with Bobbie Sheehan (2 movies), Shirley Grey (2 movies), Lydia Knott (4 movies), Geneva Mitchell (7 movies), Vivien Oakland (9 movies), Sarah Padden (12 movies), Mary Gordon (27 movies)

Billy West as Reporter

Has previous starred with Sarah Padden (2 movies), Vivien Oakland (2 movies), Geneva Mitchell (2 movies), John Wray (2 movies), Joan Dix (3 movies), Carrie Daumery (3 movies), Maston Williams (3 movies), Jean Arthur (3 movies), Ernest F. Young (4 movies), Bess Flowers (6 movies)

Bobbie Sheehan as Minor Role

Carrie Daumery as Dowager on Gambling Ship

Has previous starred with Sarah Padden (2 movies), Vivien Oakland (2 movies), Mary Gordon (3 movies), Bess Flowers (7 movies)

Ernest F. Young as Speakeasy Proprietor

Has previous starred with Vivien Oakland (2 movies), Mary Gordon (2 movies), Geneva Mitchell (2 movies), Jean Arthur (2 movies), Bess Flowers (2 movies), Joan Dix (3 movies)

Geneva Mitchell as Mitchell's Receptionist

Has previous starred with Sarah Padden (3 movies), Vivien Oakland (5 movies)

Hal Taggart as Minor Role

Has previous starred with Raymond Walburn (2 movies), Bess Flowers (38 movies)

Joan Dix as Minor Role

Has previous starred with Bess Flowers (2 movies), Vivien Oakland (2 movies), Mary Gordon (3 movies), Geneva Mitchell (4 movies)

Lydia Knott as Hospital Patient

Has previous starred with Geneva Mitchell (2 movies)

Lynn Cowan as Reporter

Has previous starred with Jack Holt (2 movies), John Wray (2 movies), Bess Flowers (2 movies), Lydia Knott (2 movies), Vivien Oakland (2 movies), Jean Arthur (2 movies), Selmer Jackson (3 movies), Geneva Mitchell (3 movies)

Mary Gordon as Scrub Woman

Has previous starred with Lydia Knott (2 movies), Shirley Grey (2 movies), Geneva Mitchell (4 movies), Vivien Oakland (5 movies), Sarah Padden (9 movies)

Maston Williams as Diver

Has previous starred with Lydia Knott (2 movies), Joan Dix (2 movies), Jean Arthur (2 movies), John Wray (3 movies), Bess Flowers (3 movies), Mary Gordon (3 movies), Geneva Mitchell (3 movies), Ernest F. Young (3 movies)

Milla Davenport as Neighbor

Has previous starred with Lydia Knott (2 movies)

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