Dan Curly sends two hitmen to kill double-crossing Flicker Hayes, who retreats to a small village with ex-prostitute Rose to hide.Dan Curly sends two hitmen to kill double-crossing Flicker Hayes, who retreats to a small village with ex-prostitute Rose to hide.Dan Curly sends two hitmen to kill double-crossing Flicker Hayes, who retreats to a small village with ex-prostitute Rose to hide.
- Whitey - the Driver
- (as James Eagle)
- Waiter
- (uncredited)
- Pico - Cristobol Crewman
- (uncredited)
- Hotel Clerk
- (uncredited)
- Little Girl
- (uncredited)
- Manhattan Turkish Bath Attendant
- (uncredited)
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Storyline
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- TriviaThe seventh and final film of the James Cagney/Joan Blondell partnership, the other six being Sinner's Holiday (1930), Other Men's Women (1931), The Public Enemy (1931), Blonde Crazy (1931), The Crowd Roars (1932), and Footlight Parade (1933).
- GoofsRose said she met Nick in the same hotel when he came to San Francisco to have a good time and he asked her to marry him. But when the Nick character is finally introduced, he's a hardworking fisherman in a small town with little time for leisure. In addition he is religious, moral, and of humble means. He gives no indication of the type of person that would go to an upscale hotel in San Francisco and interact with a prostitute.
- Quotes
Dan 'Danny' Curly: Red Deering got it.
J.C. Ward, Curly's Hitman: The limit?
Dan 'Danny' Curly: 1st degree. Burns on the 28th. That means you guys take care of Flicker Hayes.
J.C. Ward, Curly's Hitman: When do you pay off?
Dan 'Danny' Curly: When Hayes is where he'll never squeal on nobody.
J.C. Ward, Curly's Hitman: That good enough for you Monk?
[Monk raises his shoulders as if he doesn't care]
J.C. Ward, Curly's Hitman: Hayes is as dead as Deering will be when they pull the switch.
- ConnectionsReferenced in East of the River (1940)
Joan Blondell also plays a familiar type, the down-on-her-luck girl who will trade her charms for money, but here, too, the approach to the part is much more subdued than what we find in her wisecracking gold-digger roles. World-weary, somber, reflective, resigned: there is no contradiction in her projecting a streetwise yet vulnerable woman who, though still young, has seen too much of life.
If the two stars don't exactly set off sparks (as each did playing opposite others), they give solid, honest performances - as does Victor Jory in a key supporting role. This film does not deserve to be forgotten.
Details
- Runtime1 hour 10 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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