Up Pops the Devil is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy drama film directed by A. Edward Sutherland. The screenplay concerns an advertising man (Norman Foster) who quits his job to become a novelist, upsetting his wife (Carole Lombard) and straining their marriage. The film was released by Paramount Pictures. The screenplay is based on a 3-act play of the same name written by Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich; the play ran on Broadway for 148 performances from September 1930 to January 1931 at the Theatre Masque.

Cast

• Richard "Skeets" Gallagher as Biney Hatfield

• Stuart Erwin as Stranger

• Carole Lombard as Anne Merrick

• Lilyan Tashman as Polly Griscom

• Norman Foster as Steve Merrick

• Edward J. Nugent as George Kent

• Theodore von Eltz as Gilbert Morrell

• Joyce Compton as Luella May Carroll

• Willie Best as Laundryman

• Eulalie Jensen as Mrs. Kent

• Harry Beresford as Mr. Platt

• Effie Ellsler as Mrs. Platt

• Guy Oliver as Waldo - Handyman

• Matty Roubert - as Newsboy

See also

• Thanks for the Memory (1938), a remake of this film starring Bob Hope and Shirley Ross.

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