Discover
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Edward Curtiss
Editor -
Howard Hawks
Director -
Armitage Trail
Novel -
Seton I. Miller
Dialogue -
W.R. Burnett
Dialogue -
Roy Clark
Camera Operator -
L. William O'Connell
Director of Photography -
Ben Hecht
Screenplay
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CinemaSerf 6/13/2022 4:12:51PM
Odd to see Howard Hawks on this genre, but he directs this workman-like gangster effort steadily, managing to convey some semblance of the environment of fear and violence without actually turning it into a visual gory bloodbath. Paul Muni may have had top billing, but for me George Raft steals this - charisma a-plenty. Boris Karloff appears oddly miscast, but Dvorak and Morley play the roles of the molls quite effectively and Osgood Perkins plays the cowardly bully Lovo well. Holds up remarkably after almost 90 years!
Tully Marshall
Managing EditorKaren Morley
PoppyGeorge Raft
Guino RinaldoHank Mann
Stag Party Janitor (uncredited)Paul Fix
Hood with Gaffney (uncredited)Boris Karloff
GaffneyBill Elliott
Man Outside Theatre (uncredited)Stanhope Wheatcroft
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)