--- title: 'Crack-Up (1936)' type: 'film' director: 'Malcolm St. Clair' released: '1936-01-01' runtime_minutes: 65 genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/crack-up-1936' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027473/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Crack-Up (1936) 1936 · 65 min · Drama · United States ## Synopsis Crack-Up is a 1936 American film directed by Malcolm St. Clair. Peter Lorre plays a harmless, half-addled aircraft enthusiast who is actually a ruthless spy desperate to get his hands on the blueprints for an experimental aircraft for a trans-Atlantic flight. He faces off against Ace Martin, played by Brian Donlevy, the pilot of the aircraft, whose motives are spurred by feeling cheated by his own company. The supporting cast includes Helen Wood, Ralph Morgan and Thomas Beck. ## Credits - **Director:** [Malcolm St. Clair](https://cinepixo.com/people/malcolm-st-clair) - **Original Music Composer:** [Samuel Kaylin](https://cinepixo.com/people/samuel-kaylin) - **Producer:** [Samuel G. Engel](https://cinepixo.com/people/samuel-g-engel) - **Director of Photography:** [Barney McGill](https://cinepixo.com/people/barney-mcgill) ## Cast - [Helen Wood](https://cinepixo.com/people/helen-wood) - [Paul Stanton](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-stanton) - [Peter Lorre](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-lorre) - [Ralph Morgan](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-morgan) - [Howard Hickman](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-hickman) - [Thomas Beck](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-beck-2) - [Earle Foxe](https://cinepixo.com/people/earle-foxe) - [Brian Donlevy](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-donlevy) - [J. Carrol Naish](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-carrol-naish) - [Oscar Apfel](https://cinepixo.com/people/oscar-apfel) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/crack-up-1936 Film facts: Wikidata (Q5180305); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.