---
title: 'Dynamite (1929)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Cecil B. DeMille'
released: '1929-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 129
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/dynamite-1929'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0019843/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Dynamite (1929)

1929 · 129 min · Drama, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

Dynamite is a 1929 American pre-Code drama film produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Conrad Nagel, Kay Johnson, Charles Bickford, and Julia Faye. Written by Jeanie MacPherson, John Howard Lawson, and Gladys Unger, the film is about a convicted murderer scheduled to be executed, whom a socialite marries simply to satisfy a condition of her grandfather's will. Mitchell Leisen was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Cecil B. DeMille](https://cinepixo.com/people/cecil-b-demille), [Mitchell Leisen](https://cinepixo.com/people/mitchell-leisen)
- **Producer:** [Cecil B. DeMille](https://cinepixo.com/people/cecil-b-demille)
- **Screenplay:** [Jeanie MacPherson](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeanie-macpherson), [John Howard Lawson](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-howard-lawson), [Gladys Buchanan Unger](https://cinepixo.com/people/gladys-buchanan-unger)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Herbert Stothart](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-stothart)
- **Director of Photography:** [John Peverell Marley](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-peverell-marley)
- **Editor:** [Anne Bauchens](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-bauchens)

## Cast

- [Clarence Burton](https://cinepixo.com/people/clarence-burton)
- [Mary Gordon](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-gordon)
- [Kay Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/kay-johnson)
- [Charles Bickford](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-bickford)
- [Conrad Nagel](https://cinepixo.com/people/conrad-nagel)
- [Barton Hepburn](https://cinepixo.com/people/barton-hepburn)
- [Joel McCrea](https://cinepixo.com/people/joel-mccrea)
- [Randolph Scott](https://cinepixo.com/people/randolph-scott)
- [Carole Lombard](https://cinepixo.com/people/carole-lombard)
- [William Holden](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-holden-2)
- [Leslie Fenton](https://cinepixo.com/people/leslie-fenton)
- [Julia Faye](https://cinepixo.com/people/julia-faye)

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