Top Billed Cast

Paul Muni
Antonio 'Tony' Camonte
Ann Dvorak
Francesca 'Cesca' Camonte
Karen Morley
Poppy
Osgood Perkins
John 'Johnny' Lovo
C. Henry Gordon
Insp. Ben Guarino
George Raft
Guino Rinaldo
Vince Barnett
Angelo
Boris Karloff
Gaffney
Purnell Pratt
Mr. Garston, publisher
Tully Marshall
Managing Editor
Inez Palange
Mrs. Camonte
Edwin Maxwell
Chief of Detectives
Jean Harlow
Blonde at Paradise Club
Henry Armetta
Pietro, the Barber (uncredited)
Gus Arnheim
Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
Eugenie Besserer
Citizens Committee Member (uncredited)
Maurice Black
Jim, the Headwaiter (uncredited)
James Conaty
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Gino Corrado
Waiter at Columbia Cafe (uncredited)
Virginia Dabney
Mabel (uncredited)
William B. Davidson
Citizens Committee Member (uncredited)
James Durkin
Newspaper Man (uncredited)
Bill Elliott
Man Outside Theatre (uncredited)
Eddie Fetherston
Reporter (uncredited)
Paul Fix
Hood with Gaffney (uncredited)
Dick Gordon
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Howard Hawks
Man on Bed (uncredited)
Brandon Hurst
Citizens Committee Member (uncredited)
Sydney Jarvis
Bartender (uncredited)
John Kelly
One of Costillo's Hoods (uncredited)
John Lee Mahin
MacArthur from the Journal (uncredited)
Hank Mann
Stag Party Janitor (uncredited)
Frank McLure
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Frank Mills
Hood (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Waiter (uncredited)
Dennis O'Keefe
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Jack Perry
One of Costillo's Hoods (uncredited)
Pedro Regas
Tony - Bodyguard (uncredited)
Warner Richmond
Cesca's Dance Partner (uncredited)
Constantine Romanoff
Henchman (uncredited)
Ronald R. Rondell
Hood (uncredited)
Bert Starkey
Epstein - Lawyer (uncredited)
Charles Sullivan
One of Costillo's Hoods (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook
One of Costillo's Hoods (uncredited)
Helen C. Thompson
Sadie Thompson (uncredited)
Nick Thompson
One of Costillo's Hoods (uncredited)
Ellinor Vanderveer
Theatregoer (uncredited)
Harry J. Vejar
Big Louis Costillo (uncredited)
Sailor Vincent
One of Costillo's Hoods (uncredited)
Douglas Walton
Cesca's Boyfriend (uncredited)
Stanhope Wheatcroft
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Jun 13 2022

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!...