I Promise to Pay

For the financial instrument, see promissory note.

I Promise to Pay is a 1937 American drama film directed by D. Ross Lederman.^[1]

I Promise to Pay
Directed by	D. Ross Lederman
Written by	Lionel Houser Mary C. McCall Jr.
Produced by	Myles Connolly
Starring	Chester Morris
Cinematography	Lucien Ballard
Edited by	James Sweeney
Music by	M. W. Stoloff
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	April 21, 1937 (1937-04-21)
Running time	68 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

Eddie Lang, a decent family man making $27.50 a week, borrows fifty-dollars from Richard Farra in order to take his wife, Mary and two small children on a vacation. He soon finds himself in the merciless clutches of Marra and his loan-shark gang. In desperation he tells his story to the district attorney, J.E.Curtis—only to be shot down on the steps of the Hall of Justice.

Cast

• Chester Morris as Eddie Lang
• Leo Carrillo as Richard Farra
• Helen Mack as Mary Lang
• Thomas Mitchell as District Attorney J.E. Curtis
• Thurston Hall as Police Captain Hall
• John Gallaudet as Al Morton - aka Johnson
• Patsy O'Connor as Judy Lang
• Wallis Clark as B.G. Wilson
• James Flavin as Bill Seaver
• Edward Keane as Mike Reardon
• Harry Woods as Henchman Fats
• Henry Brandon as Henchman Fancyface
• Marc Lawrence as Henchman Whitehat