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Feel My Pulse

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Feel My Pulse

"It's nicer to be Cuddled than Coddled!"

1928

1h 26m

6.6(9 votes)

Comedy

Overview

A rich but hypochondriac heiress inherits a sanitarium. What she doesn't know is that it is a front for bootleggers, and a hideout for criminals on the run from the law.

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Paramount Pictures

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Cast & crew

7 featured cast members

Starring

Bebe Daniels

Bebe Daniels

Barbara Manning

Richard Arlen

Richard Arlen

Her Problem

William Powell

William Powell

Her Nemesis

Melbourne MacDowell

Melbourne MacDowell

Her Uncle Wilberforce

George Irving

George Irving

Her Uncle Edgar

Charles Sellon

Charles Sellon

Her Sanitarium's Caretaker

Heinie Conklin

Heinie Conklin

Her Patient

Creative team

Directed by: Gregory La Cava
Written by: Nicholas T. Barrows

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