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Director:
Lloyd Bacon
Writers:
Leonardo Bercovici (story)
Warren Duff (screenplay)
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Release Date:
16 July 1938 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama more
Plot:
Manhattan gangster Pete Martin enters the trucking business in an effort to control the produce market... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Humphrey Bogart ... John 'Czar' Martin
George Brent ... Denny Jordan
Gloria Dickson ... Nora Jordan
Allen Jenkins ... 'Skeets' Wilson
Walter Abel ... Hugh Allison
Henry O'Neill ... Governor
Penny Singleton ... Gladys Christie
Anthony Averill ... Dave Crane, Martin's Henchman
Oscar O'Shea ... Pop Wilson
Elliott Sullivan ... Charlie Smith
Fay Helm ... Mrs. Charlie Smith
Joe Downing ... Joe Pender, Martin's Henchman
Norman Willis ... Gus Hawkins, Martin's Henchman
Don Rowan ... Cliff Kimball
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Additional Details

Runtime:
71 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Norway:16 | Finland:K-16 | USA:Approved (PCA #4401)

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John 'Czar' Martin: Hello, suckers. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Bookworm (1939) more

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6 out of 11 people found the following comment useful:-
Standard Gangster Fare, 24 September 2002
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Author: Brian Ellis from Chantilly, VA

If you want to see this movie because Humphrey Bogart is the star, save your time. He gets top billing because of what he became after this movie. In this movie he is in it enough to barely be called a supporting actor. George Brent is the real star, so all Brent fans should watch this (if there are any). Here we have an oddity - our hero prevents the mob from taking over the trucking industry! Of course we know what really happened. Atypical gangster ending for this movie; the length of the jail sentence is also stated! The ending came so quickly that one thinks that is was hastily cobbled together. One positive note is that Allen Jenkins actually plays a good guy for a change.

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