Wall Street backdrop
Wall Street poster
Trailer
Wall Street
6.0
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1h 8m
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1929
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Released
Overview
A very topical early talkie from low-budget company Columbia Pictures, Wall Street starred Ralph Ince, brother of producer Thomas H. Ince, as Roller McCray, a steelworker turned ruthless tycoon whose tough business methods leads a rival (Philip Strange) to commit suicide. The widow (Aileen Pringle), believing she can ruin Ince by using his own methods, conspires with her husband's former partner (Sam De Grasse), but a strong friendship between Ince and Pringle's young son (Freddie Burke Frederick) changes things dramatically. According to future Three Stooges director Edward Bernds, who worked as a sound mixer on Wall Street, Ince's reaction to his rival's suicidal jump from a window ledge was changed from a sneering "I didn't think he had the guts" to the more respectful "I didn't think he'd do it" due to derisive laughter from the film's crew.

Cast
Ralph Ince poster
Ralph Ince
Roller McCray
Aileen Pringle poster
Aileen Pringle
Ann Tabor
Philip Strange poster
Philip Strange
Walter Tabor
Sam De Grasse poster
Sam De Grasse
John Willard
Freddie Burke Frederick poster
Freddie Burke Frederick
Richard Tabor
Ernest Hilliard poster
Ernest Hilliard
Savage
James Finlayson poster
James Finlayson
Andy (as Jimmy Finalyson)
George MacFarlane poster
George MacFarlane
Ed Foster
Camille Rovelle poster
Camille Rovelle
Miss Woods
Grace Wallace poster
Grace Wallace
Bonnie Tucker
Hugh McCormack poster
Hugh McCormack
Jim Tucker
Marshall Ruth poster
Marshall Ruth
Billy
Ben Hall poster
Ben Hall
Cliff
William Colvin poster
William Colvin
Hoffmann (as Billy Colvin)
Frederick H. Graham poster
Frederick H. Graham
Baring (as Frederick Graham)
Louise Beavers poster
Louise Beavers
Magnolia

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