Born Reckless (1930 film)

Born Reckless
Film poster
Directed by	Andrew Bennison John Ford
Produced by	James Kevin McGuinness
Written by	Dudley Nichols Donald Henderson Clarke (novel)
Starring	Edmund Lowe Catherine Dale Owen
Music by	Peter Brunelli George Lipschultz
Cinematography	George Schneiderman
Edited by	Frank E. Hull
Distributed by	Fox Film Corporation
Release dates	May 11, 1930 (1930-05-11)
Running time	82 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Born Reckless is a 1930 American Pre-Code crime comedy directed by Andrew Bennison and John Ford, from a screenplay written by Donald Henderson Clarke based on his novel Louis Beretti. The film starred Edmund Lowe and Catherine Dale Owen.

Plot

A gangster, Louis Beretti, gets caught involved in a jewelry heist and taken to see the judge. The war has begun and hoping to use the publicity to get re-elected, the judge offers Louis and his two buddies, the choice of going to jail, or signing up to fight in the war - if they prove themselves, he will throw away their arrests.

Louis makes it home from the war (one of his buddies was killed), and opens up a night club downtown that becomes very successful. His employees are former members of his gang, and he maintains contact with "Big", still a gangster.

Louis falls for the sister of his buddy who was killed in the war, but she already has plans to marry. He tells her nevertheless, that if she ever needs him, she should call and he will come. When her baby is kidnapped (her husband is away), she does call for Louis and he realizes that the kidnapping has been done by "Big" and the gang. Louis goes to save the baby and confront those of the gang who have taken part in the kidnapping. Shots are exchanged.

After he returns the baby to his mother, Louis goes back to his nightclub where "Big" is waiting. They talk of old times though they realize they will need to shoot it out, which they do...

Cast

Edmund Lowe as Louis Beretti
Catherine Dale Owen as Joan Sheldon
Frank Albertson as Frank Sheldon
Marguerite Churchill as Rosa Beretti
William Harrigan as Good News Brophy
Lee Tracy as Bill O'Brien
Warren Hymer as Big Shot
Ilka Chase as High Society Customer at Beretti's
Ferike Boros as Ma Beretti
Paul Porcasi as Pa Beretti
Ben Bard as Joe Bergman
Eddie Gribbon as Bugs
Mike Donlin as Fingy Moscovitz
Paul Page as Ritzy Reilly
Roy Stewart as District Attorney Cardigan
Jack Pennick as Sergeant
Ward Bond as Sergeant
Yola d'Avril as French Girl
John Wayne as Soldier (uncredited)

External links

Born Reckless at the Internet Movie Database
Born Reckless at AllMovie

Films by John Ford

Silent films	The Tornado (1917) The Trail of Hate (1917) The Scrapper (1917) Cheyenne's Pal (1917) The Soul Herder (1917) Straight Shooting (1917) The Secret Man (1917) A Marked Man (1917) Bucking Broadway (1917) The Phantom Riders (1918) Wild Women (1918) Thieves' Gold (1918) The Scarlet Drop (1918) Hell Bent (1918) A Woman's Fool (1918) The Craving (1918) Three Mounted Men (1918) Roped (1919) The Fighting Brothers (1919) A Fight for Love (1919) Rustlers (1919) Bare Fists (1919) Gun Law (1919) By Indian Post (1919) The Gun Packer (1919) Riders of Vengeance (1919) The Last Outlaw (1919) The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1919) Ace of the Saddle (1919) Rider of the Law (1919) A Gun Fightin' Gentleman (1919) Marked Men (1919) The Prince of Avenue A (1920) The Girl in Number 29 (1920) Hitchin' Posts (1920) Just Pals (1920) The Big Punch (1921) The Freeze-Out (1921) The Wallop (1921) Desperate Trails (1921) Action (1921) Sure Fire (1921) Jackie (1921) Little Miss Smiles (1922) Silver Wings (1922) The Village Blacksmith (1922) The Face on the Bar-Room Floor (1923) Three Jumps Ahead (1923) Cameo Kirby (1923) North of Hudson Bay (1923) Hoodman Blind (1923) Hearts of Oak (1924) Lightnin' (1925) Kentucky Pride (1925) Thank You (1925) The Fighting Heart (1925) The Shamrock Handicap (1926) 3 Bad Men (1926) Upstream (1927) Four Sons (1928) Strong Boy (1929)

Sound films	The Black Watch (1929) Men Without Women (1930) Born Reckless (1930) Up the River (1930) Seas Beneath (1931) The Brat (1931) Arrowsmith (1931) Air Mail (1932) Pilgrimage (1933) Doctor Bull (1933) The Lost Patrol (1934) The World Moves On (1934) Judge Priest (1934) The Whole Town's Talking (1935) The Informer (1935) Steamboat Round the Bend (1935) The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936) Mary of Scotland (1936) The Plough and the Stars (1936) Wee Willie Winkie (1937) The Hurricane (1937) Four Men and a Prayer (1938) Submarine Patrol (1938) Stagecoach (1939) Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) Drums Along the Mohawk (1939) The Grapes of Wrath (1940) The Long Voyage Home (1940) Tobacco Road (1941) How Green Was My Valley (1941) They Were Expendable (1945) My Darling Clementine (1946) The Fugitive (1947) Fort Apache (1948) 3 Godfathers (1948) She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950) Wagon Master (1950) Rio Grande (1950) The Quiet Man (1952) What Price Glory (1952) The Sun Shines Bright (1953) Mogambo (1953) The Long Gray Line (1955) Mister Roberts (co-d, 1955) The Searchers (1956) The Wings of Eagles (1957) The Rising of the Moon (1957) Gideon's Day (1958) The Last Hurrah (1958) The Horse Soldiers (1959) Sergeant Rutledge (1960) Two Rode Together (1961) The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) How the West Was Won (1963) Donovan's Reef (1963) Cheyenne Autumn (1964) 7 Women (1966)

Television	"Rookie of the Year" (1955) "The Colter Craven Story" "Flashing Spikes" (1962)

Productions	The Iron Horse (1924) The Blue Eagle (1926) Mother Machree (1928) Hangman's House (1928) Riley the Cop (1928) Salute (1929) Flesh (1932) The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938) Young Cassidy (1965)

Documentaries	Torpedo Squadron Sex Hygiene (1942) The Battle of Midway (1942) December 7th (1943) This is Korea (1951) Korea: Battleground for Liberty (1959) Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend (1970) Vietnam! Vietnam! (1971) (produced and co-wrote)

Films by Dudley Nichols

As director	Government Girl (1944) Sister Kenny (1946) Mourning Becomes Electra (1947)

As writer	Men Without Women (1930) Born Reckless (1930) A Devil with Women (1930) Seas Beneath (1931) The Black Camel (1931) Hush Money (1931) She Wanted a Millionaire (1932) Pilgrimage (1933) You Can't Buy Everything (1934) The Lost Patrol (1934) Judge Priest (1934) The Informer (1935) The Arizonian (1935) The Crusades (1935) Steamboat Round the Bend (1935) The Three Musketeers (1935) Mary of Scotland (1936) The Plough and the Stars (1937) The Toast of New York (1937) The Hurricane (1937) Bringing Up Baby (1938) Carefree (1938) Stagecoach (1939) The Long Voyage Home (1940) Man Hunt (1941) Swamp Water (1941) The Battle of Midway (1942) Air Force (1943) This Land Is Mine (1943) Bataan (1943) For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) It Happened Tomorrow (1944) And Then There Were None (1945) The Bells of St. Mary's (1945) Scarlet Street (1945) The Fugitive (1947) Pinky (1949) Return of the Texan (1952) The Big Sky (1952) Prince Valiant (1954) Run for the Sun (1956) The Tin Star (1957) The Hangman (1959) Heller in Pink Tights (1960) Escape from Zahrain (1962)

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