This Is My Affair (His Affair) (1937)
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Based on fact, this turn-of-the-century crime drama stars Robert Taylor and Barbara Stanwyck (husband and wife at the time). Taylor plays a seemingly disreputable young man who joins a gang of murderous bank robbers, headed by Victor McLaglen. Stanwyck is a beer-hall entertainer, who disapproves of… More Based on fact, this turn-of-the-century crime drama stars Robert Taylor and Barbara Stanwyck (husband and wife at the time). Taylor plays a seemingly disreputable young man who joins a gang of murderous bank robbers, headed by Victor McLaglen. Stanwyck is a beer-hall entertainer, who disapproves of Taylor's activities and tries to reform him. She needn't bother: Taylor is in reality an undercover detective, on a top secret mission for President William McKinley. So anxious is Taylor to bring McLaglen to justice that he allows himself to be convicted of murder. The agent is confident that the president will keep him from hanging--but McKinley is assassinated before he can intervene. Stanwyck rescues Taylor by pleading his case with McKinley's successor, Teddy Roosevelt (Sidney Blackmer). The plot of This is My Affair was impressive enough to inspire at least one imitation: Night Riders, a 1939 Republic western wherein the martyred president who shares the hero's secret is James A. Garfield. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- William A. Seiter
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Musical & Performing Arts, Mystery & Suspense
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- May 27, 1937 Wide
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Cast
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Robert Taylor
as Lt. Richard L. Perry
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Barbara Stanwyck
as Lil Duryea
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Victor McLaglen
as Jock Ramsay
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Brian Donlevy
as Batiste Duryea
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Sidney Blackmer
as Theodore Roosevelt
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John Carradine
as Ed
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Alan Dinehart
as Doc Keller
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Douglas Fowley
as Alec
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Robert McWade
as Admiral Dewey
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Frank Conroy
as William McKinley
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Sig Rumann
as Gus the Boatman
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Marjorie Weaver
as Miss Blackburn
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J.C. Nugent
as Ernie
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Tyler Brooke
as Specialty
- Lynn Bari
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Helen Brown
as Girl
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Maurice Cass
as Jeweler
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Davison Clark
as Tim
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Joseph Crehan
as Priest
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James Donlan
as Reporter
- Antonio Filauri
- James Flavin
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June Gale
as Girls with Keller
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Ruth Gillette
as Blonde
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Jonathan Hale
as Judge
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John Hamilton
as Warden
- Ralf Harolde
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Paul Hurst
as Bowler
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Walter James
as Friend
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DeWitt Jennings
as Bradley Wallace
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Ethan Laidlaw
as Barfly
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Tom London
as Alec's Pal
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Paul McVey
as Roosevelt's Secretary
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Frank Moran
as Guard
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Edward Peil Sr.
as Secretary Hayes
- Arthur Rankin
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Jayne Regan
as Girl with Roosevelt
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Willard Robertson
as George Andrews
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Fred Santley
as Boy
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Lee Shumway
as Secret Service Man
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Ben Taggart
as Police Captain
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Dale Van Sickel
as Officer at Ball
- Monte Vandergrift
- Emmett Vogan
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Douglas Wood
as Henry V. Maxwell the Bank Examiner
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Mary Young
as Dowager
- John Lester Johnson
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John Quillan
as Page Boy
