Directed by:
D. Ross LedermanCinematography:
Lucien BallardCast:
Chester Morris, Leo Carrillo, Helen Mack, Thomas Mitchell, Thurston Hall, John Gallaudet, Patsy O'Connor, James Flavin, Edward Keane, Harry Woods (more)Plots(1)
Chester Morris plays a working stiff unable to provide for his family on his meager salary. He arranges a loan with the seemingly benign Leo Carrillo, but soon learns that he can't keep up with the usurious interest payments. Carrillo's loan company is actually a racket in league with the local crime organization; Morris gets in so deep that he can't get out, and before long his wife and daughter are in dire jeopardy. As was customary at Columbia Pictures, the screenwriters were handed the title I Promise to Pay and then told to fashion a story from it. In this instance, inspiration came from a recent government crackdown on loan sharks. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Harry Tyler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/906/159906984_bada71.jpg)
Harry Tyler
USA
Best movies:
After the Thin Man (1936)
A Night at the Opera (1935)
Rock Around the Clock (1956)
![George DeNormand](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/923/159923513_2f8dca.jpg)
George DeNormand
USA
Best movies:
Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
Citizen Kane (1941)
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
![Emmett Vogan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/932/159932788_480a5e.jpg)
Emmett Vogan
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
Love Crazy (1941)
Scarlet Street (1945)
![Philip Ahn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/288/161288200_29b36e.jpg)
Philip Ahn
USA
Best movies:
The Good Earth (1937)
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
Earl Pingree
USA
Best movies:
It Happened One Night (1934)
Mad Love (1935)
The Milky Way (1936)
![Charles K. French](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/103/160103292_7989c6.jpg)
Charles K. French
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
![William Gould](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505378_1d1672.jpg)
William Gould
Best movies:
The Talk of the Town (1942)
Texas (1941)
High Sierra (1941)
Jack Cheatham
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Test Pilot (1938)
![Sam Flint](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/217/160217569_817f4b.gif)
Sam Flint
USA
Best movies:
Psycho (1960)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
![Edward LeSaint](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/232/161232017_b9d74f.jpg)
Edward LeSaint
USA
Best movies:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
Edison, the Man (1940)
Modern Times (1936)
![Bob Reeves](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/417/160417334_44ec54.gif)
Bob Reeves
USA
Best movies:
The Invisible Man (1933)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Storm Warning (1951)
![John Hamilton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/443/161443421_1a4fb5.jpg)
John Hamilton
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
It Started with Eve (1941)
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
Frank Fanning
USA
Best movies:
After the Thin Man (1936)
King Kong (1933)
Meet John Doe (1941)
![Eddie Kane](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/883/160883327_9faa18.jpg)
Eddie Kane
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Wilson Benge
UK
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Gaslight (1944)
Love Crazy (1941)
Eddie Foster
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Miracle of Fatima (1952)
The General (1926)
White Heat (1949)
![Wallis Clark](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/167/161167747_1e4c4d.jpg)
Wallis Clark
UK
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
It Happened One Night (1934)
Pat McKee
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
After the Thin Man (1936)
Another Thin Man (1939)
John Tyrrell
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Horace Murphy
USA
Best movies:
Scarlet Street (1945)
Union Pacific (1939)
Boom Town (1940)