{{short description|1932 film directed by Frank R. Strayer}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = Dynamite Denny | image = File:DynamiteDennyDVDcover.jpg | alt = | caption = DVD cover for the film | director = Frank R. Strayer | producer = Ralph M. Like | writer = W. Scott Darling <br> Barry Barringer | screenplay = | story = | based_on = | starring = Jay Wilsey<br />Blanche Mehaffey<br />William V. Mong | narrator = | music = | cinematography = Jules Cronjager | editing = Byron Robinson | studio = Action Pictures | distributor = Mayfair Pictures | released = {{Film date|1932|5|27|''US''|ref1=<ref name=AFI>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=4460 | title=Dynamite Denny: Detail View | publisher=American Film Institute | access-date= September 25, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925230956/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=4460 | url-status=live | archive-date=September 25, 2017}}</ref>}} | runtime = 52 minutes | country = United States | language = English }}
'''''Dynamite Denny''''' is a 1932 American drama film directed by Frank R. Strayer from an original screenplay by W. Scott Darling. The film stars Jay Wilsey, Blanche Mehaffey, and William V. Mong. Produced by Action Pictures, it was distributed through Mayfair pictures, and was released on May 27, 1932.
==Plot== {{no plot|date=January 2024}}
==Cast== * Jay Wilsey as Denny * Blanche Mehaffey as Mary, chairman of the board's daughter * William V. Mong as William B. Marston, chairman of the board * Walter Perry as Jim Dayton * Matthew Betz as Labor agitator * Fern Emmett as Marston's Nurse
==Reception== ''The Chico Enterprise'' gave the film a good review, stating that "fans...will get their money's worth of thrills..."<ref>{{cite news|title=At the National |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/124175626/ |newspaper=The Chico Enterprise |date=August 20, 1932 |pages=4 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 6, 2023}}</ref> ''The Daily News'' also gave the picture a good review, saying, "For thrills, romance and laughter, don't fail to see "Dynamite Denny"...It has about everything in the way of action and thrills that could possible be crammed into one picture without making it cause nightmares for its audience.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jackson Features "Dynamite Denny" |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/124175999/ |newspaper=The Daily News |date=August 26, 1932 |pages=15 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 6, 2023}}</ref> ''The Film Daily'' gave the film a good review, leading with, "Railroad melodrama that packs a fair punch and a few old-time thrills. They singled out Blanche Mehaffey's performance, and also felt the direction was good, while only giving the cinematography an okay rating.<ref>{{cite news | newspaper=The Film Daily | title="Dynamite Denny" | date=July 8, 1932 | page=22 | url=https://mediahistoryproject.org/reader.php?id=filmdailyvolume660newy | access-date=May 6, 2023}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{IMDb title|0022847}} * {{TCMDb title|73784}} * {{AFI film|4460}}
{{Frank R. Strayer}}
Category:1932 films Category:American black-and-white films Category:American drama films Category:1932 drama films Category:Mayfair Pictures films Category:Films directed by Frank R. Strayer Category:1932 American films Category:1932 English-language films Category:English-language drama films