The World Gone Mad

Not to be confused with In a World Gone Mad.

This article is about a film. For the Suicidal Tendencies album, see World Gone Mad.

The World Gone Mad (also released as The Public Be Hanged) is a 1933 American pre-Code crime film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Pat O'Brien, Evelyn Brent and Neil Hamilton.^[1] It was made on a low-budget by the independent Majestic Pictures, a Poverty Row forerunner of Republic Pictures.^[2]

The World Gone Mad
Directed by	Christy Cabanne
Written by	Edward T. Lowe Jr.
Produced by	Phil Goldstone Larry Darmour
Starring	Pat O'Brien Evelyn Brent Neil Hamilton
Cinematography	Ira H. Morgan
Edited by	Otis Garrett
Production company	Majestic Pictures
Distributed by	Capitol Film Exchange
Release date	April 15, 1933 (1933-04-15)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

When a district attorney who has been investigating a utility company's directors for fraud is suddenly killed, his wisecracking newspaperman friend (Pat O'Brien) gets curious. He and the upstanding new district attorney (Neil Hamilton) separately pursue the case. Cultivated but sinister businessmen, a shady nightclub owner specializing in "import and export", several beautiful young women always seen in evening gowns, a "Latin lover" type who reads Casanova and an abundance of suave men in evening dress provide eye-candy for the duration.

Cast

• Pat O'Brien as Andy Terrell
• Evelyn Brent as Carlotta Lamont
• Neil Hamilton as Lionel Houston
• Mary Brian as Diane Cromwell
• Louis Calhern as Christopher Bruno (as Louis Calhearn)
• J. Carrol Naish as Ramon Salvadore
• Buster Phelps as Ralph Henderson
• Richard Tucker as Graham Gaines
• John St. Polis as Grover Cromwell
• Geneva Mitchell as Evelyn Henderson
• Wallis Clark as Dist. Atty. Avery Henderson
• Huntley Gordon as Osborne