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Kid Gloves

1929 · 68 min

A brisk, old-fashioned crime romance with snappy twists and a tender heart beneath the shootouts.

Overview
When a taxi carrying socialite Ruth Darrow drives into the middle of a gun battle between hijacker Kid Gloves and a trio of bootleggers, Ruth is injured. She is taken to a nearby apartment, and The Kid helps to care for her. John Stone, Ruth's fiance and a bootlegger with a respectable front, finds them together and blackmails The Kid into marrying the girl.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • crime
  • betrayal
  • redemption
  • loyalty
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror0
Humour3
Realism6
Romance5
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Ray Enright
Written by
Robert Lord
Starring
Conrad Nagel, Lois Wilson, Edward Earle, Edna Murphy, Maude Turner Gordon, Richard Cramer, Tom Dugan, John Davidson
Cinematography
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Runtime
68 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, No Language

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