SINOPSIS
Andrew Morton is an attorney who made it out of the slums. Nick Romano is his client, a young man with a long string of crimes behind him. After he lost his paycheck gambling, hoping to buy his wife some jewelry, she announced she was pregnant, Later he finds her dead from suicide. When he turns again to robbery he's caught by a cop and Nick pumps all his bullets into him in frustration. Morton's appeal to the court emphasizes the evils of the slums.
- Humphrey BogartAndrew Morton
- John DerekNick Romano
- George MacreadyDist. Atty. Kerman
- Allene RobertsEmma
- Candy ToxtonAdele Morton
- Mickey KnoxVito
- Barry KelleyJudge Drake
- Florence AuerAunt Lena
- Vince BarnettCarl Swanson - Bartender
- Theda BarrGirl
- Richard BartellReporter
- Paul BaxleyPoliceman
- Joan BaxterMaria Romano
- Eddie BordenThe Chef in Poolroom / Court Spectator
- Hazel BoyneWoman
- Joe BrockmanMan
- Argentina BrunettiMa Romano
- Charles CampWaiter
- George ChandlerCashier
- Jack ClisbyPoliceman
- Chuck ColeanMan
- Lorraine ComerfordTeenager in Courtroom
- James ConatyNightclub Dance Extra
- Chester ConklinBarber
- Jimmy ConlinKid Fingers Carnahan