Plot
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
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Regis Toomey
Eddie Buchanan
Crew
William Keighley
Director
Seton I. Miller
Screenplay
Sol Polito
Director of Photography
Bernhard Kaun
Original Music Composer
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