---
title: 'Payment Deferred (1932)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Lothar Mendes'
released: '1932-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 81
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/payment-deferred-1932'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023326/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Payment Deferred (1932)

1932 · 81 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

Payment Deferred is a 1932 American pre-Code crime drama film directed by Lothar Mendes and starring Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Sullivan and Dorothy Peterson. Laughton portrays a man so desperate for money, he resorts to murder. It was based on the 1931 play of the same name by Jeffrey Dell, which was in turn based on the 1926 novel of the same name by C. S. Forester. Laughton also played the lead role in the play, which opened on Broadway on September 30, 1931 and ran for 70 performances.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Lothar Mendes](https://cinepixo.com/people/lothar-mendes)
- **Screenplay:** [Claudine West](https://cinepixo.com/people/claudine-west), [Ernest Vajda](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-vajda)
- **Original Music Composer:** [William Axt](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-axt)
- **Director of Photography:** [Merritt B. Gerstad](https://cinepixo.com/people/merritt-b-gerstad)
- **Editor:** [Cedric Gibbons](https://cinepixo.com/people/cedric-gibbons)

## Cast

- [Dorothy Peterson](https://cinepixo.com/people/dorothy-peterson)
- [Verree Teasdale](https://cinepixo.com/people/verree-teasdale)
- [Ray Milland](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-milland)
- [Billy Bevan](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-bevan)
- [Maureen O'Sullivan](https://cinepixo.com/people/maureen-o-sullivan)
- [Charles Laughton](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-laughton)
- [Halliwell Hobbes](https://cinepixo.com/people/halliwell-hobbes)

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