After Office Hours

For the 1932 British film, see After Office Hours (1932 film).

After Office Hours is a 1935 American crime drama film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and starring Clark Gable, Constance Bennett, Stuart Erwin and Billie Burke. The screenplay was written by Herman Mankiewicz.

After Office Hours
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Directed by	Robert Z. Leonard
Written by	Laurence Stallings Dale Van Every
Screenplay by	Herman J. Mankiewicz
Produced by	Robert Z. Leonard Bernard H. Hyman
Starring	Clark Gable Constance Bennett Stuart Erwin
Cinematography	Charles Rosher
Edited by	Tom Held
Production company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by	Loew's Inc.[1]
Release date	February 22, 1935 (1935-02-22)
Running time	72 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$366,000[2]
Box office	$1.2 million[2]

Plot

Jim Branch (Clark Gable), a newspaper editor, falls for wealthy socialite Sharon Norwood (Constance Bennett), after having fired her as a reporter, all the while trying to solve a murder mystery, involving her childhood friend Tommy Bannister. Once Jim discovers that Sharon is involved with all the participants in the murder, she becomes even more attractive to him.

Cast

• Constance Bennett as Sharon Norwood
• Clark Gable as James "Jim" Branch
• Stuart Erwin as Hank Parr
• Billie Burke as Mrs. Norwood
• Harvey Stephens as Tommy Bannister
• Katharine Alexander as Julia Patterson
• Hale Hamilton as Henry King Patterson
• Henry Travers as Cap
• Henry Armetta as Italian diner owner
• Charles Richman as Jordan
• Herbert Bunston as Barlow, Norwood's butler
• Margaret Dumont as Mrs. Murchison
• William Demarest as police detective
• Rita La Roy as Branch's Society Girlfriend

Box office

According to MGM records the film earned $759,000 in the US and Canada and $522,000 elsewhere resulting in a profit of $492,000.^[2]