Directed by:
William KeighleyScreenplay:
Seton I. MillerCinematography:
Hal MohrComposer:
Bernhard KaunCast:
Edward G. Robinson, Joan Blondell, Barton MacLane, Humphrey Bogart, Frank McHugh, Dick Purcell, George E. Stone, Joseph Crehan, Henry O'Neill, Henry Kolker (more)Plots(1)
After Police Captain Dan McLaren becomes police commissioner former detective Johnny Blake knocks him down convincing rackets boss Al Kruger that Blake is sincere in his effort to join the mob. "Buggs" Fenner thinks Blake is a police agent. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Edward G. Robinson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/507/163507758_25cd3c.jpg)
Edward G. Robinson
Romania
Best movies:
Double Indemnity (1944)
Scarlet Street (1945)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
![Joan Blondell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/281/281112_fdd111.jpg)
Joan Blondell
USA
Best movies:
Grease (1978)
Bullets or Ballots (1936)
Enemies of the Public (1931)
![Barton MacLane](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505224_e1134e.jpg)
Barton MacLane
USA
Best movies:
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
Kansas Pacific (1953)
![Humphrey Bogart](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/186/164186707_30a2c4.jpg)
Humphrey Bogart
USA
Best movies:
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Casablanca (1942)
![Frank McHugh](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/099/533/99533950_28f4b0.jpg)
Frank McHugh
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
The Front Page (1931)
![Dick Purcell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269328_2d2d71.jpg)
Dick Purcell
USA
Best movies:
Bullets or Ballots (1936)
Follow the Fleet (1936)
In Old California (1942)
![George E. Stone](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/431/431714_eca8d4.jpg)
George E. Stone
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Front Page (1931)
The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
![Joseph Crehan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000321_652af3.jpg)
Joseph Crehan
USA
Best movies:
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Love Crazy (1941)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
![Henry O'Neill](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/124/120/124120207_51d6d1.jpg)
Henry O'Neill
USA
Best movies:
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
![Henry Kolker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/279/158279910_6b3d4f.jpg)
Henry Kolker
USA
Best movies:
The Power and the Glory (1933)
Holiday (1938)
Mad Love (1935)
![Herbert Rawlinson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505218_4bef27.jpg)
Herbert Rawlinson
UK
Best movies:
It Started with Eve (1941)
Dark Victory (1939)
Bullets or Ballots (1936)
![Louise Beavers](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/499/499994_ae1499.jpg)
Louise Beavers
USA
Best movies:
Freaks (1932)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
![Anne Nagel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505262_126115.jpg)
Anne Nagel
USA
Best movies:
The Stratton Story (1949)
Bullets or Ballots (1936)
One Touch of Venus (1948)
![Frank Faylen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/072/312/72312427_6ae956.jpg)
Frank Faylen
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Edison, the Man (1940)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
![Addison Richards](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000166_d1af93.jpg)
Addison Richards
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Frances Morris
USA
Best movies:
Miracle of Fatima (1952)
Caged (1950)
Conflict (1945)
![Leo White](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276205_b052c0.jpg)
Leo White
German Empire
Best movies:
The Great Dictator (1940)
Casablanca (1942)
The Invisible Man (1933)
![Max Wagner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/381/159381932_f062f5.jpg)
Max Wagner
Mexico
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
![Frank Marlowe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/482/159482484_d4f50a.jpg)
Frank Marlowe
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
The Three Faces of Eve (1957)
In a Lonely Place (1950)
Charles Sherlock
USA
Best movies:
East of Eden (1955)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Storm Warning (1951)