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{{short description|1932 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Two Against the World
| image = File:Two Against the World (1932 film).jpg
| caption =
| director = [[Archie Mayo]]
| producer = [[Lucien Hubbard]]
| writer =
| cinematography = [[Charles Rosher]]
| narrator =▼
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| based_on = {{Based on| ''A Dangerous Set''|[[Marion Dix]] and Jerry Horwin}}
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| starring = [[Constance Bennett]]<br>[[Neil Hamilton (actor)|Neil Hamilton]] <br> [[Helen Vinson]]
| studio = [[Warner Bros.]]
| distributor = Warner Bros
| released = {{Film date|1932|9|2}}
| runtime =
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
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'''''Two Against the World''''' is a 1932 American [[Pre-Code Hollywood|pre-Code]] [[drama film]] directed by [[Archie Mayo]] and starring [[Constance Bennett]], [[Neil Hamilton (actor)|Neil Hamilton]] and [[Helen Vinson]].<ref>Kellow p.459</ref> Bennett plays a woman who tries her best to keep her sister and brother out of trouble. It is based on the play ''A Dangerous Set'' by Marion Dix and Jerry Horwin. It was produced and distributed by [[Warner Brothers]]. The film, as well as ''[[Unashamed (film)|Unashamed]]'' (1932), is based on a [[Philadelphia]] [[high society|society]] murder by Eddie Allen, who killed Francis Donaldson III in an "[[honor killing]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://immortalephemera.com/56204/honor-slaying-inspires-1932-movies/|title=Real-Life Society 'Honor Slaying' Inspires Two 1932 Films|date=January 14, 2015}}</ref> It was a box office success, making $562,000 in profit for the studio.<ref>Carman p.192</ref>
==Plot==
Lawyer Dave Norton offers a settlement for the destitute family of a man killed while working for the Hamilton family firm. The upper-class, wealthy Hamiltons gather to decide what to do. They all either vote to fight it in court or, in many cases, simply ignore it. Adele "Dell" Hamilton is an irresponsible socialite who does the latter. However, she and Dave are attracted to each other, despite their very different philosophies of life. He takes her to lunch, and she invites him to an elegant party.
At the party, he receives a cold reception from the rest of the family, who consider him far beneath them, but he astonishes them when it is revealed that his family belongs to their own social class. Bob, Adele's drunkard brother, remains hostile, however, and lies, telling Dave that Dell invited him only to make a fool of him. Dave storms out.
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==Cast==
{{Cast listing|
*[[Constance Bennett]] as Adele "Dell" Hamilton
*[[Neil Hamilton (actor)|Neil Hamilton]] as David "Dave" Norton
*[[Helen Vinson]] as Corinne Walton
*[[Allen Vincent]] as Bob Hamilton
*[[Gavin Gordon (actor)|Gavin Gordon]] as Victor H. "Vic" Linley
*[[Walter Walker (actor)|Walter Walker]] as Courtney Hamilton
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*[[Oscar Apfel]] as District Attorney Howard Mills
*Louise Carter as Mrs. Polansky <!-- contrary to what IMDb says, she does appear onscreen !-->
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==References==
{{Reflist}}
==Bibliography==
*Carman, Emily. ''Independent Stardom: Freelance Women in the Hollywood Studio System''. University of Texas Press, 2015.
* Kellow, Brian. ''The Bennetts: An Acting Family''. University Press of Kentucky, 2004.
==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0023625
*{{tcmdb title|3310
*{{amg title|114763
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