"The most powerfully thrilling underworld melodrama of all" 18 September 1930 Drama, Crime 79 mins
Fingers is planning a half-million-dollar bank robbery in gang boss Cobra Collins' territory. Fingers' moll Connie tries to bluff Cobra into thinking the hit won't be for another week when the call comes through saying it's now.
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Mary Nolan as Connie Madden
Edward G. Robinson as Cobra Collins
Owen Moore as Harry 'Fingers' O'Dell
Rockliffe Fellowes as Police Captain Fred O'Reilly
Delmar Watson as The Kid
John George as Humpy
Louise Beavers as Judy the Maid
Clarence Muse as Party Guest (uncredited)
Tod Browning Director
Tod Browning Writer
Garrett Fort Writer
Carl Laemmle Jr. Producer
Roy F. Overbaugh Director of Photography
Milton Carruth Editor
France 30 September 1932
United States 18 September 1930
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