I'm No Angel

1933

Action / Comedy / Music / Romance

5
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 71% · 15 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 71% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.9/10 10 4314 4.3K

old romantic comedy romcom pre-code

Plot summary

The bold Tira works as dancing beauty and lion tamer at a fair. Out of an urgent need of money, she agrees to a risky new number: she'll put her head into the lion's mouth! With this attraction, the circus makes it to New York and Tira can pursue her dearest occupation— flirting with rich men and accepting expensive presents.

Director

Wesley Ruggles Photo
Wesley Ruggles

Top cast

Bobby Barber Photo
Bobby Barber as Man In Crowd
Tom London Photo
Tom London as Sideshow Spectator
Edward Arnold Photo
Edward Arnold as Big Bill Barton
Edward Hearn Photo
Edward Hearn as Court Clerk
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by robb_772 8 / 10

Arguably Mae West's best film

Considered by many to be Mae West's finest film appearance (with only 1933's SHE DONE HIM WRONG and 1940's MY LITTLE CHICKADEE even coming close), the legendary star of the stage and screen has rarely been in better form than in this seminal film. Based on her own stage hit, the film's storyline is naturally preposterous, but West and director Wesley Ruggles wisely keep the focus on the then-salty dialogue and the still hilarious word play. Although he doesn't make his first appearance until nearly two-third of the film is over, Cary Grant remains the ideal straight man to West's zany antics. The film moves at a brisk pace, and its concluding courtroom sequence is unarguably one of the funniest scenes in film comedy.
Reviewed by willowgreen 9 / 10

Best of Mae West

Easily one of the funniest comedies of the 193O's, this pre-code West-ern is a real treat. La West plays Tira, a carny gal who's been around the block a few times: in order to raise some dough, she sticks her head into a lion's mouth - and basks in the attention she receives from various fans. The scene between Mae and Gertrude Michael is hilarious: "You haven't a shred of decency in you!" spouts the snobbish Michaels to which Mae retorts "I don't show my good points to strangers!" A young Cary Grant is one of Tira's many admirers and Edward Arnold is memorable as Tira's loud, gruff boss, Big Bill Barton. Mae's courtroom plea, where she puts every man in his place - and wins the admiration of the judge is a gem. This film was made just after Mae's sensational hit SHE DONE HIM WRONG. Feeling indebted to West because the film's success single-handedly saved Paramount Pictures from impending bankruptcy, mogul Adolph Zukor promised Mae that she could do anything she wanted for her next film. Because she had been fascinated by lions since childhood, she had her fantasy written into the movie's plotline.
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