Top billed cast

1. 

   Lew Ayres

   Louie Ricarno

2. 

   Dorothy Mathews

   Doris Ricarno

3. 

   Leon Janney

   Jackie Lamarr

4. 

   Robert Elliott

   Captain Pat O'Grady

5. 

   James Cagney

   Steve Mileaway

6. 

   Kenneth Thomson

   Captain of Academy

7. 

   Jerry Mandy

   Gimpy, Gangster

8. 

   Noel Madison

   Rocco

9. 

   Edwin Argus

   The Midget

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-10-03

With Chicago effectively a lawless city controlled by warring gangsters fighting over their turf and their lucrative prohibition income, opportunistic “Louie” (Lew Ayres) sees an opportunity to centralise things. A meeting, a few machine guns, and some sheer brass neck soon sees him running the racketeers and presiding over an unusually peaceful city. Then he marries his sweetheart “Doris” (Dorothy Matthews) and has something of an epiphany. He wants to hand over the reins to his deputy “Mileaway” (James Cagney) and retire to the panhandle for some well earned rest and recuperation...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• gangster
• pre-code