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Prohibition is ending so bootlegger Bugs Ahearn decides to crack California society. He leases a house from down-on-her-luck Ruth and hires her as social secretary. He rescues Polly Cass from a horsefall and goes home to meet her dad who sells him some phony stock certificates. When he learns about this he sends to Chicago for mob help.
Theatrical
May 20, 1933
Director
Writers
Studio
First National Pictures, The Vitaphone Corporation
Cast
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Edward G. Robinson
James Francis 'Bugs' / 'Jim' Ahearn
M
Mary Astor
Ruth Wayburn
H
Helen Vinson
Polly Cass
R
Russell Hopton
Albert J. 'Al' Daniels
K
Kenneth Thomson
John Stanley
S
Shirley Grey
Edith Merriam
B
Berton Churchill
Donald Hadley Cass
D
Don Dillaway
Gordon Cass
L
Louise Mackintosh
Mrs. Donald Hadley Cass
L
Lester Dorr
Investment Clerk (uncredited)
B
Bill Elliott
Guest at Polly's Party (uncredited)
S
Selmer Jackson
Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
J
Jayne Shadduck
Society Girl (uncredited)
D
Dewey Robinson
Butch
S
Sidney Bracey
Butler
C
Charles Coleman
Tailor
T
Toby Wing
Society Girl (uncredited)
