Woman swears revenge against an Inspector who was responsible for her father's death.
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| Evelyn Brent | ... |
Rose Manning
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| Regis Toomey | ... |
Jimmy McArthur
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| Ralf Harolde | ... |
Chuck Gaines
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William Holden | ... |
Inspector 'Butch' McArthur
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| Maurice Black | ... |
Bing Murdock
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| Robert Emmett O'Connor | ... |
Sergeant Schultze
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| Eddie Kane | ... |
Headwaiter
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| Joel McCrea | ... |
Waiter at the Casino Club (uncredited)
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| Frank Mills | ... |
Frank - the Waiter (uncredited)
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| Dorothy Vernon | ... |
Mrs. Potter - Cleaning Woman (uncredited)
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Directed by
| George Archainbaud | ||
Written by
| Paul Schofield | ... | (screenplay) |
| Wallace Smith | ... | (dialogue) |
Produced by
| Henry Hobart | ... | associate producer |
| William LeBaron | ... | producer |
Cinematography by
| Leo Tover | ||
Editing by
| Jack Kitchin | ||
Art Direction by
| Max Rée | ||
Sound Department
| Clem Portman | ... | sound recordist |
Production Companies
- RKO Radio Pictures (presents)
Distributors
- RKO Radio Pictures (1930) (United States) (theatrical) (A Radio Picture)
- RKO Distributing Corporation of Canada (1930) (Canada) (theatrical)
- Ideal Films (1930) (United Kingdom) (theatrical) (as Ideal Films Ltd.)
- RKO Pictures (Australasia) (1930) (Australia) (theatrical)
- C&C Television Corporation (1955) (United States) (tv)
- Turner Home Entertainment (1991) (United States) (VHS)
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Other Companies
- Motion Picture Producers and Distributors Association of America (acknowledgement)
- Turner Entertainment (vhs package design)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Rose Manning, the daughter of a racketeer who has just been killed, along with a policeman, in a shoot-out is undergoing a hard third-degree grilling from Police Inspector "Butch" McArthur, and she leaves with a desire for revenge against McArthur. Five years later she is a hostess in a nightclub, and still surrounded by gangsters. She falls hard for a young man named Jimmy, and does not realize he is the son of the man she hates. When she learns who he is, the question of whether or not to take her revenge or let love take over.
Written by Les Adams |
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| Taglines | Spiking the death-flashing Gats of Gangland in its Reign of Terror....Dramatic Triumph of the Law, Over the Lawless! (Print Ad-The Kyle News,((Kyle, Texas)) 6 June 1930) See more » |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Joel McCrea appears @ 0:07:00, in the waiter's dressing room at the Casino Club, sitting at a table and engaging in a bit of dialogue with Frank Mills. Soon afterwards, he would work again under the direction of George Archainbaud, freshly promoted to leading man status, once again opposite Evelyn Brent, in The Silver Horde (1930). See more » |
| Movie Connections | Edited into Framed (2022). See more » |
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| Quotes |
Rose Manning:
He always said, let me see, eh, he always said, "Rosie, my girl, never give a sucker an even break." See more » |