After Office Hours is a 1935 crime drama film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and starring Clark Gable and Constance Bennett. The screenplay was written by Herman Mankiewicz. Plot Jim Branch (Clark Gable), a newspaper editor, falls for wealthy socialite Sharon Norwood (Constance Bennett), after having fired her as a reporter, all while trying to solve a murder mystery. Cast Constance Bennett as Sharon Norwood Clark Gable as James "Jim" Branch Stuart Erwin as Hank Parr Billie Burke as Mrs. Norwood Harvey Stephens as Tommy Bannister Katharine Alexander as Julia Patterson Hale Hamilton as Henry King Patterson Henry Travers as Cap Henry Armetta as Italian diner owner Charles Richman as Jordan Herbert Bunston as Barlow, Norwood's butler Margaret Dumont as Mrs. Murchison William Demarest as police detective Rita La Roy as Branch's Society Girlfriend Box office According to MGM records the film earned $759,000 in the US and Canada and $522,000 elsewhere resulting in a profit of $492,000. References External links 1935 films 1935 crime drama films American black-and-white films American crime drama films Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films Films directed by Robert Z. Leonard Films about journalists Films with screenplays by Herman J. Mankiewicz 1930s English-language films 1930s American films