

“All his life he took what he wanted...Why not women?”
Two young Chicago hoodlums, Tom Powers and Matt Doyle, rise up from their poverty-stricken slum life to become petty thieves, bootleggers and cold-blooded killers. But with street notoriety and newfound wealth, the duo feels the heat from the cops and rival gangsters both. Despite his ruthless criminal reputation, Tom tries to remain connected to his family, however, gang warfare and the need for revenge eventually pull him away.
Director: William A. Wellman
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James Cagney
Tom Powers

Jean Harlow
Gwen Allen

Edward Woods
Matt Doyle

Joan Blondell
Mamie

Donald Cook
Mike Powers

Leslie Fenton
Samuel 'Nails' Nathan

Beryl Mercer
Ma Powers

Robert Emmett O'Connor
Paddy Ryan

Murray Kinnell
Putty Nose
Clark Burroughs
Dutch (uncredited)

Mae Clarke
Kitty (uncredited)

Frank Coghlan Jr.
Tom as a Boy (uncredited)
George Daly
Machine Gunner (uncredited)

Frankie Darro
Matt as a Boy (uncredited)

Snitz Edwards
Miller (uncredited)

Rita Flynn
Molly Doyle (uncredited)
Dorothy Gee
Nails' Girl (uncredited)

Douglas Gerrard
Assistant Tailor (uncredited)
Dorothy Gray
Little Girl (uncredited)

Ben Hendricks Jr.
'Bugs' Moran as a Boy (uncredited)

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