The Devil Is a Sissy

Director: W.S. Van Dyke II, Rowland Brown W.S. Van Dyke II

Overview

The Devil Is a Sissy deserves an historical footnote as the only film to team three of the biggest child stars of the 1930s: Mickey Rooney, Jackie Cooper and Freddie Bartholomew. Bartholomew is a wealthy young English boy attending a New York "magnet" school, whose students are drawn from all walks of life. He is befriended by slum kid Rooney, son of a recently executed gangster, who in his own roughneck fashion helps Bartholomew to "assimilate" (Translation: He helps him to steal and evade the cops). Cooper is a middle-class gang leader with whom Rooney frequently clashes. Freddie attempts to fit in with his new chums by masterminding a break-in at a Park Avenue townhouse. None too soon, all three boys end up in juvenile court.

Product Details

Release Date:	03/23/2009
UPC:	0883316127179
Original Release:	1936
Rating:	NR
Source:	Warner Archives
Presentation:	[Full Frame]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	1:31:00
Sales rank:	7,011

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Jackie Cooper	'Buck' Murphy
Mickey Rooney	'Gig' Stevens
Freddie Bartholomew	Claude Pierce
Peggy Conklin	Rose
Katherine Alexander	Hilda Pierce
Gene Lockhart	Mr. Murphy,Mrs. Murphy
Jonathan Hale	Judge Holmes
Etienne Girardot	Principal
Sherwood Bailey	Bugs
Buster Slaven	Six-Toes
Grant Mitchell	Paul Krumpp
Harold Huber	Willie
Stanley Fields	Joe
Frank Puglia	Grandma
Etta McDaniel	Molly
Ian Hunter	Jay Pierce
Mary Doran	Mrs. Robbins
Buster Flavin	Six Toes
John Kelly	Roy
Dorothy Peterson	Mrs. Stevens

Technical Credits

Rowland Brown

John Lee Mahin

Richard Schayer

W.S. Van Dyke II	Director
Rowland Brown	Director,Screenwriter
John Lee Mahin	Screenwriter
Richard Schayer	Screenwriter
Frank Davis	Producer