A steel-mill worker, Buck Garrett (Jack Holt) betters himself and becomes involved in the New York stock market. He marries Kay Walling (Fay Wray), who disapproves his market schemes and gabs about them to the wrong people.
If you have a soft spot for 1930s morality tales where the hero learns that money isn't everything, Master of Men might hit the spot. It is worth watching if you like Jack Holt being a rugged, stubborn lead, but if you need fast pacing or subtle character growth, you will probably be bored out of your mind.The first ac...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Lambert Hillyer
Bruno Ziener
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"If you have a soft spot for 1930s morality tales where the hero learns that money isn't everything, Master of Men might hit the spot. It is worth watching if you like Jack Holt being a rugged, stubborn lead, but if you need fast pacing or subtle character growth, you will probably be bored out of your mind.The first act in the steel mill has this gritty, loud energy that I actually kind of liked. Once they move to New York, though, the movie loses its dirt-under-the-fingernails feel and turns in..."
Walter Connolly
Eugene Solow, Chester Erskine, Seton I. Miller, Edward E. Paramore Jr.
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