Top Billed Cast

William Powell
Donald Free
Margaret Lindsay
Janet Reynolds
Arthur Hohl
Dan Hogan
Ruth Donnelly
Amy Moran
Gordon Westcott
Tony Bandor
Natalie Moorhead
Helen Burns
James Bell
Whitey
Hobart Cavanaugh
Harcourt S. Burns
Irving Bacon
Cab Driver
Arthur Byron
Tracey (Uncredited)
Heinie Conklin
Bartender (Uncredited)
Eddie Dunn
Club Doorman (Uncredited)
Charles Lane
Process Server (Uncredited)
Eddie Phillips
Mrs. Wright's Paramour (Uncredited)
Georges Renavent
Ship's Captain Henri LaFarge (Uncredited)
Sheila Terry
Mrs. Wright (Uncredited)
Charles C. Wilson
Club Bartender (Uncredited)
Toby Wing
Free's Lady Friend (Uncredited)
Joan Barclay
Gambler (Uncredited)
Bill Elliott
Man at Roulette Table (Uncredited)
Theresa Harris
Janet's Maid (Uncredited)
Ann Hovey
Rose (Uncredited)
Rolfe Sedan
Casino Man (Uncredited)
Harry Seymour
Gambler (Uncredited)
Joan Standing
Client with Free (Uncredited)
Ellinor Vanderveer
Woman in Speakeasy (Uncredited)
Renee Whitney
Alice (Uncredited)
Pat Wing
Secretary (Uncredited)

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Sat Dec 03 2022

They used to say that in the end, Samuel Goldwyn couldn't get arrested in Hollywood. Well the same is true here for "Donald Free" (William Powell). His government career went down in flames and now he can't get a job for love nor money. Until, that is, he alights on the dodgy "Peerless" detective agency where he is charged with a frame-up of "Janet" (Margaret Lindsay) who has fallen foul of a gambler who is the man behind the cheques at his new employer. What nobody (except the audience, that is) predicts though, is that the two will begin to fall for each other and his task becomes not only mo...