Crime / Drama /

Score: 65.6%( 88 votes )

Overview: 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.

Cast:

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)