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James “Brick” Davis, a struggling attorney, owes his education to a mobster, but always has refused to get involved with the underworld. When a friend of his is gunned down by a notorious criminal, Brick decides to abandon the exercise of the law and join the Department of Justice to capture the murderer.
Language
Budget$450,000
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English
Budget$450,000
Revenue --
Keywords
chicago, illinois
new york city
washington dc, usa
nurse
fbi
lawyer
boxing trainer
machine gun
g man
police training
1930s
racketeering
mob
Casts
James Cagney
‘Brick' Davis
Margaret Lindsay
Kay McCord
Ann Dvorak
Jean Morgan
Robert Armstrong
Jeff McCord
Barton MacLane
Collins
Lloyd Nolan
Hugh Farrell
William Harrigan
'Mac' McKay
Russell Hopton
Gerard
Edward Pawley
Danny Leggett
Noel Madison
Durfee
Monte Blue
Fingerprint Expert
Regis Toomey
Eddie Buchanan
Addison Richards
Bruce J. Gregory
Harold Huber
Venke
Raymond Hatton
Gangsters' Messenger with Warning
Marie Astaire
Gerard's Moll (uncredited)
Brooks Benedict
Man (uncredited)
Stanley Blystone
Cop (uncredited)
Ward Bond
Gunman at Train Station (uncredited)
Frank Bull
Last Police Broadcaster (uncredited)
Glen Cavender
Headwaiter (uncredited)
Nick Copeland
G-Man with Farrell (uncredited)
George Daly
Machine Gunner (uncredited)
Joe De Stefani
J.E. Glattner - the Florist (uncredited)
Don Downen
Joe - the Second Fingerprint Clerk (uncredited)
Florence Dudley
Durfee's Moll (uncredited)
Eddie Dunn
Police Broadcaster (uncredited)
Bill Elliott
Bootlegger Who Gives Eddie the Bottle Outside the Club (uncredited)
Pat Flaherty
Cop with Farrell (uncredited)
James Flavin
Agent with Jean (uncredited)
Sol Gorss
G-Man Guarding Leggett (uncredited)
Eddie Graham
Bank Clerk (uncredited)
Jonathan Hale
Congressman (uncredited)
Henry Hall
Police Driver (uncredited)
Al Hill
Hood (uncredited)
John Impolito
Tony - a Florist (uncredited)
Perry Irvins
Doctor at Store (uncredited)
Edward Keane
Bank Teller (uncredited)
Mike Lally
Gangster with Durfee (uncredited)
Marc Lawrence
Gangster Killed at Lodge (uncredited)
James T. Mack
Agent with Jean (uncredited)
Frank Marlowe
First Gangster Shot at Lodge (uncredited)
Edwin Maxwell
Joseph Kratz (uncredited)
Martha Merrill
Nurse (uncredited)
Bruce Mitchell
Sergeant with Farrell (uncredited)
Gene Morgan
Lounger Outside Lunch Room (uncredited)
Adrian Morris
Accomplice (uncredited)
Frances Morris
Moll (uncredited)
Wheeler Oakman
Gangster at Lodge Wanting to Quit (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
McCord's Aide (uncredited)
Dick Rush
Al (uncredited)
Ferdinand Schumann-Heink
Congressman (uncredited)
Frank Shannon
Police Chief at Lodge (uncredited)
Charles Sherlock
First Trainee at Target Practice (uncredited)
Gertrude Short
Collins' Moll (uncredited)
Mary Treen
Gregory's Secretary (uncredited)
Monte Vandergrift
Deputy Sheriff on Train (uncredited)
Dorothy Vernon
Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan
Bill - the Ballistics Expert (uncredited)
Huey White
Gangster Playing Cards (uncredited)
Tom Wilson
Agent (uncredited)
Crews
Seton I. Miller
Screenplay
Darryl F. Zanuck
Novel
William Keighley
Director
Seton I. Miller
Story
Sol Polito
Director of Photography
Leo F. Forbstein
Music Director
Jack Killifer
Editor
Orry-Kelly
Costume Design
Hal B. Wallis
Executive Producer
Jack L. Warner
Executive Producer
Stanley Jones
Sound
John Hughes
Art Direction
Louis F. Edelman
Supervising Producer
Bernhard Kaun
Original Music Composer
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