A vicious crime lord decides that he has had enough and much to the shock of his colleagues decides to give the business to his second in command and retire to Florida after marrying his moll. Unfortunately, he has no idea that she and the man are lovers.
- 6.3
- 1930
- Released
- 1h 18m
Lew Ayres
Louie Ricarno
Dorothy Mathews
Doris Ricarno
Leon Janney
Jackie Lamarr
Robert Elliott
Captain Pat O'Grady
James Cagney
Steve Mileaway
Kenneth Thomson
Captain of Academy
Jerry Mandy
Gimpy, Gangster
Noel Madison
Rocco
Edwin Argus
The Midget
Eddie Kane
Dr. Morton
Tom Wilson
Big Shot Kelly, Gangster
Dwight Frye
Monk, GangsterFred Argus
Machine Gunner (uncredited)Marie Astaire
Kitty, Fortune Teller (uncredited)Elmer Ballard
Tommy, Louie's Chauffeur (uncredited)Joe Bordeaux
Joe, Gangster (uncredited)Clark Burroughs
Mike (uncredited)Nick Copeland
The Midget's Henchman (uncredited)Bernard Granville
Dr. J.W. Johnson, Plastic Surgeon (uncredited)
Ruth Hall
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)Eddie Hart
Tansey (uncredited)
Al Hill
Jimmy Kirk, Gangster (uncredited)
Thomas E. Jackson
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
John Kelly
Whitey Eckhart (uncredited)
Gus Leonard
Shop Owner (uncredited)Larry McGrath
Detective (uncredited)
Collette Merton
Jane (uncredited)Eddie Moran
Hymie, Gangster (uncredited)
Dick Purcell
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)George Rosener
Slick (uncredited)Cliff Saum
Poolroom Proprietor (uncredited)Tony Stabenau
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)Jack Wise
Delivery Waiter (uncredited)
Released
en
- #gangster
- #pre-code
Reviews
With Chicago effectively a lawless city controlled by warring gangsters fighting over their turf and their lucrative prohibition income, opportunistic “Louie” (Lew Ayres) sees an opportunity to centralise things. A meeting, a few machine guns, and some sheer brass neck soon sees him running the racketeers and presiding over an unusually peaceful city. Then he marries his sweetheart “Doris” (Doroth