Top Billed Cast

George Bancroft
Bill Bailey
Judith Anderson
Ruby Darling
Frances Dee
Elaine Talbart
Chick Chandler
Drury Darling
Blossom Seeley
Singer
Etienne Girardot
Bail Bond Clerk
George Regas
Charley
Lucille Ball
Davy's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Herman Bing
Butcher Weighing Sausages (uncredited)
John Bleifer
Bombmaker (uncredited)
Ann Brody
Jewish Client (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Party Guest (uncredited)
Noel Francis
Red's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Henry Lewis Jr.
Jewish Client's Son (uncredited)
Nina Mae McKinney
Rebecca, Ruby's maid (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse
Charley's Henchman (uncredited)
Theresa Harris
Jessica (uncredited)
Henry Kolker
Newspaper Managing Editor (uncredited)
Dennis O'Keefe
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Bradley Page
District Attorney (uncredited)
Sandra Shaw
Job Seeker (uncredited)
Kathlyn Williams
Nightclub Woman Wearing Monocle (uncredited)

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A review by waltzma

Written by waltzma on Thu Dec 14 2017

This is a saucy pre-code melodrama that deserves cult status. Bail bondsman George Bancroft is known all throughout New York City and encounters people from every scrape of society in this pre-code crime drama. But he's going to need every ounce of street-smarts when he strikes up an acquaintance with kleptomaniac Frances Dee, a woman with a rather animistic sexual appetite. Judith Anderson gets to display a rare glamorous side here as the nightclub hostess obviously in love with Bancroft, with her famous mole darkened into a beauty spot. Dee gives Bancroft several looks that It's nice to see h...