Cinematography:
James Wong HoweComposer:
William AxtCast:
Clark Gable, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Leo Carrillo, Nat Pendleton, Isabel Jewell, Thomas E. Jackson, Frank Conroy, Noel Madison, Mickey Rooney, Shirley Ross (more)Plots(1)
Orphans Edward "Blackie" Gallagher and Jim Wade are lifelong friends who take different paths in life. Blackie thrives on gambling and grows up to be a hard-nosed racketeer. Bookworm Wade becomes a D.A. vying for the Governorship. When Blackie's girlfriend Eleanor leaves him and marries the more down to earth Wade, Blackie harbors no resentment. In fact, their friendship is so strong that Blackie murders an attorney threatening to derail Wade's bid to become Governor. The morally straight Wade's last job as D.A. is to convict his friend of the murder, and send him to the electric chair. After he becomes Governor, Wade has the authority to commute Blackie's death sentence-- a decision that pits his high moral ethics against a lifelong friendship. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Clark Gable
USA
Best movies:
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Teacher's Pet (1958)
It Happened One Night (1934)
William Powell
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
After the Thin Man (1936)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
Myrna Loy
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Love Crazy (1941)
After the Thin Man (1936)
Leo Carrillo
USA
Best movies:
History Is Made at Night (1937)
Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
Phantom of the Opera (1943)
Nat Pendleton
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful World (1939)
The Sign of the Cross (1932)
Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
Isabel Jewell
USA
Best movies:
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Lost Horizon (1937)
Mad Love (1935)
Thomas E. Jackson
USA
Best movies:
Scarlet Street (1945)
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
Beau Geste (1939)
Frank Conroy
UK
Best movies:
Love Is News (1937)
The Young Philadelphians (1959)
Mighty Joe Young (1949)
Noel Madison
USA
Best movies:
Our Relations (1936)
Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
'G' Men (1935)
Mickey Rooney
USA
Best movies:
Captains Courageous (1937)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
Strike Up the Band (1940)
Shirley Ross
USA
Best movies:
San Francisco (1936)
Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
The Merry Widow (1934)
Edward Van Sloan
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
The Phantom Creeps (1949) (TV movie) - a.f.
Oscar Apfel
USA
Best movies:
San Francisco (1936)
Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
Conquest (1937)
Sam McDaniel
USA
Best movies:
Double Indemnity (1944)
Captains Courageous (1937)
Union Pacific (1939)
Samuel S. Hinds
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Scarlet Street (1945)
Hellzapoppin' (1941)
Don Brodie
USA
Best movies:
The Great Dictator (1940)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Little Big Man (1970)
Sherry Hall
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
Captains Courageous (1937)
Emmett Vogan
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
Love Crazy (1941)
Scarlet Street (1945)
William Bailey
USA
Best movies:
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
It Happened One Night (1934)
The Stratton Story (1949)
Wade Boteler
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Love Crazy (1941)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)