"FACTS!...NEVER BEFORE TOLD!" 31 May 1935 Drama, Crime 89 mins
G-Man Jeff Crane poses as a crook to infiltrate the notorious Purple Gang, a band of hoodlums which preys upon other hoodlums. Orchestrating the jailbreak of the gang's leader, Crane joins him in a Dillinger-like flight across the country.
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Lionel Barrymore as Dr. Josiah Glass
Jean Arthur as Maria Theresa 'Terry' O'Reilly
Chester Morris as Jeff Crane
Joseph Calleia as Sonny 'Dinkie' Black
Paul Kelly as Special Agent James Duff
Lewis Stone as Prison Warden
Paul Hurst as Rufe Parker
George E. Stone as Butch
Sam Baker as Mose Jones
William Bailey as Federal Agent (uncredited)
Brooks Benedict as Bar Patron (uncredited)
Ed Brady as Convict in Prison (uncredited)
Lane Chandler as Train Conductor (uncredited)
Cora Sue Collins as Little Girl (uncredited)
Helene Costello as Convict Wife (uncredited)
Nell Craig as Duff's Secretary with Telegram (uncredited)
Wells Root Story
J. Walter Ruben Story
Wells Root Screenplay
J. Walter Ruben Director
Dolly Tree Wardrobe Master
Frank Sullivan Editor
Cedric Gibbons Art Direction
Robert E. Barnes Assistant Director
Edward Ward Original Music Composer
Gregg Toland Director of Photography
Hugh Boswell Assistant Director
Douglas Shearer Sound
Public Hero #1 Trailer
Public Hero No. 1 Trailer
United States 31 May 1935
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