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

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 41 min.
Directed By: William A. Seiter
Genres: Drama, Romance, Musical & Performing Arts, Mystery & Suspense

In Theaters: May 27, 1937 Wide

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Cast

            Robert Taylor as Lt. Richard L. Perry

            Barbara Stanwyck as Lil Duryea

            Victor McLaglen as Jock Ramsay

            Brian Donlevy as Batiste Duryea

            Sidney Blackmer as Theodore Roosevelt

            John Carradine as Ed

            Alan Dinehart as Doc Keller

            Douglas Fowley as Alec

            Robert McWade as Admiral Dewey

            Frank Conroy as William McKinley

            Sig Rumann as Gus the Boatman

            Marjorie Weaver as Miss Blackburn

            J.C. Nugent as Ernie

            Tyler Brooke as Specialty

            Lynn Bari
            
            Helen Brown as Girl

            Maurice Cass as Jeweler

            Davison Clark as Tim

            Joseph Crehan as Priest

            James Donlan as Reporter

            Antonio Filauri
            
            James Flavin
            
            June Gale as Girls with Keller

            Ruth Gillette as Blonde

            Jonathan Hale as Judge

            John Hamilton as Warden

            Ralf Harolde
            
            Paul Hurst as Bowler

            Walter James as Friend

            DeWitt Jennings as Bradley Wallace

            Ethan Laidlaw as Barfly

            Tom London as Alec's Pal

            Paul McVey as Roosevelt's Secretary

            Frank Moran as Guard

            Edward Peil Sr. as Secretary Hayes

            Arthur Rankin
            
            Jayne Regan as Girl with Roosevelt

            Willard Robertson as George Andrews

            Fred Santley as Boy

            Lee Shumway as Secret Service Man

            Ben Taggart as Police Captain

            Dale Van Sickel as Officer at Ball

            Monte Vandergrift
            
            Emmett Vogan
            
            Douglas Wood as Henry V. Maxwell the Bank Examiner

            Mary Young as Dowager

            John Lester Johnson
            
            John Quillan as Page Boy
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