Stand-In

An east coast efficiency expert, who stakes his reputation on his ability to turn around a financially troubled Hollywood studio, receives some help from a former child star who now works as a stand-in for the studio.

Cast

Leslie Howard

as Atterbury Dodd

Joan Blondell

as Lester Plum

Humphrey Bogart

as Doug Quintain

Alan Mowbray

as Koslofski

Marla Shelton

as Thelma Cheri

C. Henry Gordon

as Ivor Nassau

Jack Carson

as Tom Potts

William V. Mong

as Cyrus Pettypacker

Esther Howard

as Mrs, Mack

Charles Middleton

as Actor Dressed as Abraham Lincoln

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