High Pressure
Mervyn LeRoyCast
William Powell 
Evelyn Brent George Sidney 
John Wray Evalyn Knapp 
Guy Kibbee
Credits
Written by: Aben Kandel
Plot
Gar Evans is a con artist, who pretends to be the owner of a "Golden Gate Artificial Rubber Company", and he is looking for investors. Finding them is relatively easy, but it becomes difficult when those want to see the inventor of the synthetic rubber...
Sinekatalog’s take
High Pressure (1932) is a American comedy directed by Mervyn LeRoy. It stars William Powell, Evelyn Brent and George Sidney. It runs 73 minutes. It is listed here for its festival and awards record.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.6 / 10 (860 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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