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Summary
A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.
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Cast
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Brian DonlevyPaul Madvig
Veronica LakeJanet Henry
Alan LaddEd Beaumont
Bonita GranvilleOpal 'Snip' Madvig
Richard DenningTaylor Henry
Joseph CalleiaNick Varna
William BendixJeff
Frances GiffordNurse
Donald MacBrideFarr
Margaret HayesEloise Matthews
Moroni OlsenRalph Henry
Eddie MarrRusty
Arthur LoftClyde Matthews
George MeaderClaude Tuttle
William BenedictFarr's Receptionist (uncredited)
Dane ClarkHenry Sloss (uncredited)
Tom FaddenBasement Club Waiter (uncredited)
Bess FlowersHenrys' Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Chuck HamiltonPoliceman (uncredited)
James MillicanPolitician (uncredited)
Bert MoorhouseMan at Campaign Headquarters (uncredited)
Lillian RandolphBasement Club Entertainer (uncredited)
Norma VardenHenrys' Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Crew
- Directed by
- Stuart Heisler
- Written by
- Jonathan Latimer, Dashiell Hammett
- Produced by
- Fred Kohlmar, Buddy G. DeSylva
- Music by
- Victor Young, Walter Scharf
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Facts
September 8, 1942 · 1 h 25 min · NR
- Released
- September 8, 1942
- Runtime
- 1 h 25 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Content
- Violence
- Genres
- Crime, Mystery, Thriller
- Original language
- English
- Made in
- United States
- Available in
- 2 countries
Tropes
Brains and Brawn, Affectionate Nickname, Adaptational Heroism +6