I'm No Angel (1933)
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100% of critics liked it
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Mae West's second starring vehicle, I'm No Angel casts the divine Miss West as the star performer in a seedy circus. Though she lives with Ralf Harolde, West allows herself plenty of time for other men. When Harolde runs afoul of the law, West secures extra money by becoming a lion tamer.… More Mae West's second starring vehicle, I'm No Angel casts the divine Miss West as the star performer in a seedy circus. Though she lives with Ralf Harolde, West allows herself plenty of time for other men. When Harolde runs afoul of the law, West secures extra money by becoming a lion tamer. While thus employed, West is "discovered" by playboy Kent Taylor; she willingly accepts his gifts and other favors, but she only has eyes for Taylor's cousin Cary Grant. Still, love takes second place to commerce in West's life, and she ends up suing Grant for breach of promise. When Grant allows her to win the case, she realizes she's truly in love with him after all. By rights, I'm No Angel should have been as big and bawdy a success as West's earlier She Done Him Wrong, but by late 1933 the censors were beginning to have their way with Hollywood. Several of the more ribald (and more hilarious) elements of the film were toned down--not least of which was the title, which was supposed to have been It Ain't No Sin. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Wesley Ruggles
- Written By
- Mae West, Harlan Thompson
- Genres
- Romance, Classics, Comedy
- In Theaters
- Oct 6, 1933 Wide
- On DVD
- Oct 10, 2000
- Studio
- Universal Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Enjoyable as a curio.
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Steve Crum, Kansas City Kansan
Why don't you come up and see this movie some time? It has some great West zingers.
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Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
It's a toss-up whether She Done Him Wrong or this is Mae West's purest, most uncensored film. Both are essentials, but I'm No Angel is undeniably the more elaborate.
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Tim Dirks, Tim Dirks' The Greatest Films
In the comedy classic, I'm No Angel (1933), one of Mae West's three best films, she is reunited with supporting star Cary Grant following their success in
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Cast
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Mae West
as Tira
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Cary Grant
as Jack Clayton
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Edward Arnold
as Big Bill Barton
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Ralf Harolde
as Slick Wiley
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Russell Hopton
as Flea Madigan the Barker
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Gertrude Michael
as Alicia Hatton
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Gregory Ratoff
as Benny Pinkowitz
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Kent Taylor
as Kirk Lawrence
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Dorothy Peterson
as Thelma
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Gertrude Howard
as Beulah Thorndyke
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Irving Pichel
as Bob the Attorney
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Morrie Cohan
as Chauffeur
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Monte Collins Jr.
as Sailor
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Ray Cooke
as Sailor
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William B. Davidson
as Ernest Brown the Chump
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Nigel De Brulier
as Rajah
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Hattie McDaniel
as Maid
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Edward Hearn
as Courtroom spectator
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Tom London
as Spectator
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Nat Pendleton
as Chauffeur
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Libby Taylor
as Maid
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Walter Walker
as Judge
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Dennis O'Keefe
as Reporter
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George Bruggeman
as Omnes
