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James Cagney
Albert 'Bert' Harris
Joan Blondell
Anne Roberts
Louis Calhern
'Dapper Dan' Barker
Noel Francis
Helen Wilson
Ray Milland
Joe Reynolds
Guy Kibbee
A. Rupert Johnson Jr.
Polly Walters
Peggy
William Burress
Colonel Bellock
Maude Eburne
Mrs. Snyder
Nat Pendleton
Hank aka Pete
Wade Boteler
Detective (uncredited)
Ray Cooke
Jimmy the Bellhop (uncredited)
Richard Cramer
Cabbie (uncredited)
Bill Elliott
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Peter Erkelenz
Kansas City Dutch (uncredited)
Dick Gordon
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Sherry Hall
Tobacco Counterman (uncredited)
Lew Harvey
Driver (uncredited)
Ben Hendricks Jr.
Tough Guy on Dance Floor (uncredited)
Charles Lane
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Otto Lederer
Pawnbroker (uncredited)
Russell Hopton
Jerry (uncredited)
Carl M. Leviness
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Edward Martindel
Jeweler (uncredited)
Frank McLure
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Edward Morgan
Bellhop (uncredited)
Edmund Mortimer
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Walter Percival
Lee (uncredited)
Cliff Saum
Mike (uncredited)
Philip Sleeman
Conman (uncredited)
Lucille Ward
Prison Matron (uncredited)

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Sat Sep 03 2022

Back in the days before the Code, James Cagney is "Bert", a bit of a rakish bell-hop in the best hotel in a small town where he takes a shine to the would-be chamber-maid "Anne" (Joan Blondell). After some flirting shenanigans and quite a bit of face slapping, the two finally join forces on a scam that nets them each the fairly large sum of $2,500! That is enough to move to a better town, a better hotel, and a better scam - until they align with the unscrupulous "Barker" (Louis Calhern) and they find themselves with the task of getting even... Poor old "Bert" is a bit of a commitment-phobe, and...