We're Only Human (film)
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| Directed by | James Flood Clem Beauchamp (assistant) |
| Screenplay by | Rian James Bartlett Cormack |
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| Produced by | Edward Kaufman |
| Starring | Preston Foster Jane Wyatt James Gleason |
| Cinematography | J. Roy Hunt |
| Edited by | Archie F. Marshek |
| Music by | Roy Webb |
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| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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Running time | 68 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
We're Only Human is a 1935 American crime drama film directed by James Flood from a screenplay by Rian James. Starring Preston Foster, Jane Wyatt, and James Gleason, it was released by RKO Radio Pictures on December 27, 1935. The film is based on Husk, a 1935 story in The Saturday Evening Post, by Thomas Walsh.[2][3]
Plot
A police detective and his girlfriend try to catch an escaped gangster.
Cast
- Preston Foster as Det. Sgt. Pete 'Mac' McCaffrey
- Jane Wyatt as Sally Rogers
- James Gleason as Detective Danny Walsh
- Arthur Hohl as Lawyer John Martin
- John Arledge as Johnny O'Brien
- Jane Darwell as Mrs. Walsh
- Moroni Olsen as Inspector J.R. Curran
- Christian Rub as William Anderson
- Mischa Auer as William 'Lefty'
Critical response
Variety’s reviewer gave the film a mostly negative assessment, and wrote that the story is “very simple and elementary” and “just barely manages to maintain some suspense”. The performances of Preston Foster and Jane Wyatt were described as “hackneyed”, however “Christian Rub …. gives a swell performance …. while Rafaela Ottiano …. also impresses.”[4]
The Film Daily described the film as "primarily a fast moving melodramatic yarn" that benefited from a romance between the Preston Foster and Jane Wyatt characters and good performances from the cast.[5]
References
- ↑ "We're Only Human: Detail View". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on March 29, 2014. Retrieved September 9, 2014.
- ↑ "We're Only Human". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved September 9, 2014.
- ↑ "We're Only Human". Turner Classic Movies. Warner Bros. Television Group. Archived from the original on October 22, 2020. Retrieved August 18, 2025.
- ↑ "We're Only Human". Variety. Varity, Inc. (now Penske Media Corporation). January 22, 2026. p. 15. ISSN 0042-2738. OCLC 60626328. Retrieved July 2, 2026 – via Internet Archive.
- ↑ ""WE'RE ONLY HUMAN" with Preston Foster, Jane Wyatt, James Gleason". The Film Daily. Wid's Films and Film Folk, Inc. January 18, 1936. p. 7. OCLC 174072329. Retrieved July 2, 2026 – via Internet Archive.
External links
- We're Only Human at IMDb
- We're Only Human at the TCM Movie Database (archived)
- We're Only Human at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films