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