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
John Qualen
Charles Engle
Thomas Mitchell
Gene Gibbons
Bess Flowers
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Rita Hayworth
Nina Barona
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Bill O'Brien
Walter Sande
Lunch Wagon Counterman (uncredited)
Jimmy Conlin
Pawn Shop Proprietor (uncredited)
Harry Antrim
Court Clerk (uncredited)
Ethelreda Leopold
Cigarette Girl (uncredited)
Carlton Griffin
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Blanche Payson
Large Woman (uncredited)
Constance Worth
Sylvia Marbe
Walter Baldwin
Rennick (uncredited)
Edward Earle
Vincent - Headwaiter (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
John Tyrrell
2nd Waiter (uncredited)
Harry Strang
Gambler (uncredited)
Billy Wayne
Second Cabby (uncredited)
Richard Bond
Stevie - Sylvia's Escort (uncredited)
Cy Schindell
Jack (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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