Story :James “Brick” Davis, a struggling attorney, owes his education to a mobster, but always has refused to get involved with the underworld. When a friend of his is gunned down by a notorious criminal, Brick decides to abandon the exercise of the law and join the Department of Justice to capture the murderer.
Cast
James Cagney‘Brick' Davis
Margaret LindsayKay McCord
Ann DvorakJean Morgan
Robert ArmstrongJeff McCord
Barton MacLaneCollins
Lloyd NolanHugh Farrell
William Harrigan'Mac' McKay
Russell HoptonGerard
Edward PawleyDanny Leggett
Noel MadisonDurfee
Monte BlueFingerprint Expert
Regis ToomeyEddie Buchanan
Addison RichardsBruce J. Gregory
Harold HuberVenke
Raymond HattonGangsters' Messenger with Warning
Marie AstaireGerard's Moll (uncredited)
Brooks BenedictMan (uncredited)
Stanley BlystoneCop (uncredited)
Ward BondGunman at Train Station (uncredited)
Frank BullLast Police Broadcaster (uncredited)
Glen CavenderHeadwaiter (uncredited)
Nick CopelandG-Man with Farrell (uncredited)
George DalyMachine Gunner (uncredited)
Joe De StefaniJ.E. Glattner - the Florist (uncredited)
Don DownenJoe - the Second Fingerprint Clerk (uncredited)
Florence DudleyDurfee's Moll (uncredited)
Eddie DunnPolice Broadcaster (uncredited)
Bill ElliottBootlegger Who Gives Eddie the Bottle Outside the Club (uncredited)
Pat FlahertyCop with Farrell (uncredited)
James FlavinAgent with Jean (uncredited)
Sol GorssG-Man Guarding Leggett (uncredited)
Eddie GrahamBank Clerk (uncredited)
Jonathan HaleCongressman (uncredited)
Henry HallPolice Driver (uncredited)
Al HillHood (uncredited)
John ImpolitoTony - a Florist (uncredited)
Perry IrvinsDoctor at Store (uncredited)
Edward KeaneBank Teller (uncredited)
Mike LallyGangster with Durfee (uncredited)
Marc LawrenceGangster Killed at Lodge (uncredited)
James T. MackAgent with Jean (uncredited)
Frank MarloweFirst Gangster Shot at Lodge (uncredited)