10 November 1939 Drama, Crime 61 mins
Gangsters and police cross each other, including murder, in an attempt to cover up crimes.
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Charles Bickford as Insp. Sid Brady
Doris Nolan as Muriel Vance
John Litel as Rudolph Spain
Samuel S. Hinds as Commissioner Cromwell
Paul Guilfoyle as Stanley Jones
Robert Emmett Keane as Max Stanton
John Gallaudet as Jimmy March
Emory Parnell as Fats Monoham
Jack Carr as Rikki Renoir/ Tiger Renoir
Olin Howland as Clerk
Theresa Harris as High Yaller girl
Vera West Costume Design
Roy Chanslor Writer
Charles Henderson Music
George Yohalem Producer
Frank Skinner Music
Edward Curtiss Editor
Harold D. Schuster Director
George Robinson Director of Photography
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