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Dinner at Eight

Summary: Affluent Millicent and Oliver Jordan throw a dinner for a handful of wealthy and/or well-born acquaintances, each of whom has much to reveal.

Release Date: January 12, 1934

Genre: Drama

Director: George Cukor

Writers: Frances Marion

, Herman J. Mankiewicz

, George S. Kaufman

Runtime: 1 h 51 min

MPAA: Passed

Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Warner Home Video, MGM/UA Home Entertainment, The Criterion Channel, Warner Archive Collection

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 435,000

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