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The Duke Steps Out

The Duke Steps Out (1929)

1h 2m | PG-13

⭐ 5 / 10

Millionaire's son Duke wants to be a champion boxer but takes time out to enroll in college when he sees co-ed Susie. The students wonder about his having a chauffeur and house full of servants. Susie likes him but, to get rid of her, his manager tells her Duke already has a New York chorus girl. As the students listen to a radio broadcast of his victorious fight from San Francisco, she learns that the student Duke is the boxer Duke and that there is no chorus girl.

Director: James Cruze

Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Genre: Drama, Comedy

Video: 720p

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Cast

William Haines

William Haines

as Duke

Joan Crawford

Joan Crawford

as Susie

Delmer Daves

Delmer Daves

as Bossy Edwards

Tenen Holtz

Tenen Holtz

as Jake, Duke's manager

Edward Nugent

Edward Nugent

as Tommy Welles

Karl Dane

Karl Dane

as Barney, Duke's chauffeur