Drama Crime
Small-time businessman Charles Engle is threatened with exposure for embezzling $3,000 for his free-spending wife. Deciding on suicide, he scribbles a note, stuffs it in his pocket and goes for one last night on the town. He is pulled into a poker game by conman Bill O'Brien and singer Nina Barone, but when they discover the dropped note, they resolve to turn the tables, get Engle his $3,000 and save his life.
Directed by
Ben Hecht, Lee Garmes
Written by
Ben Hecht
Rita Hayworth
Nina Barona
Thomas Mitchell
Gene Gibbons
John Qualen
Charles Engle
Bess Flowers
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Walter Sande
Lunch Wagon Counterman (uncredited)
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Bill O'Brien
Edward Earle
Vincent - Headwaiter (uncredited)
Walter Baldwin
Rennick (uncredited)
Billy Wayne
Second Cabby (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
Ethelreda Leopold
Cigarette Girl (uncredited)
Harry Antrim
Court Clerk (uncredited)
John Tyrrell
2nd Waiter (uncredited)
Blanche Payson
Large Woman (uncredited)
Cy Schindell
Jack (uncredited)
Jimmy Conlin
Pawn Shop Proprietor (uncredited)
Harry Strang
Gambler (uncredited)
Richard Bond
Stevie - Sylvia's Escort (uncredited)
Constance Worth
Sylvia Marbe
Carlton Griffin
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
George Watts
Joseph Hopper
Ralph Theodore
Dutch Enright
Eddie Foster
Louie Artino
Jack Roper
Eddie Burns
Jack Carr
Tony (uncredited)
James Conaty
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Frank Conlan
Joe (uncredited)
Catherine Courtney
Miss Karpin (uncredited)
Carmen D'Antonio
Nightclub Dancer (uncredited)
Tommy Dixon
Checkroom Boy (uncredited)
Caroline Frasher
Street Walker (uncredited)
Roger Gray
Gambler (uncredited)
Art Howard
Night Court Judge (uncredited)
Jerry Jerome
Gambler (uncredited)
William Lally
Stage Doorman (uncredited)
Patricia Maier
Girl (uncredited)
Al Rhein
Gambler (uncredited)
Fred Sweeney
Mr. Hugo (uncredited)

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