Does Penthouse end with hope?

Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Penthouse violent?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Penthouse easy watching?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Penthouse

Name: Penthouse
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Released: 1933
Duration: 88 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy, Charles Butterworth, Mae Clarke, Phillips Holmes

A strange romance in a penthouse- a sky high love-nest! A girl from nowhere bringing drama that screamed from the headlines!

Directed by W.S. Van Dyke

Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Cosmopolitan Productions

193388 min6.9 / 10

A pre-Code crime drama centered on a kept woman caught between a gangster and a lawyer, balancing danger, romance, and moral compromise.

Gertie Waxted knows how notorious gangster Jim Crelliman runs his rackets, because she's long been under the hoodlum's thumb. She's secretly helping lawyer Jackson Durant in a snoop job aimed at pinning a murder on the thug. Her life will be in peril when that secret gets out.

Clusters

Romantic Psychological Thrillers Betrayal By Insiders Adventure, Honor, and Hard-Won Loyalty Manipulative Romance Organized Crime Movies

Genres

Crime Drama Mystery

Keywords

Call Girl Gangster Pre-code Murder Investigation Framed For Murder Criminal Lawyer Murder By Gunshot Kept Woman Former Lovers Remade Criminal Defense Attorney

Questions people ask

Does Penthouse end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% of films.
Is Penthouse scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of films.
Is Penthouse sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is Penthouse violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is Penthouse easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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