"A dedicated police officer is torn between family and duty when his son turns to a life of crime."
Wallace Beery
as Sgt. Shaun Madden
Alan Curtis
as Dennis Madden
Tom Brown
as Albert Boylan Jr.
Fay Holden
as Mary Madden
Laraine Day
as Eileen Daly
Marc Lawrence
as Piggy
Marion Martin
as Charlotte LePage
David Gorcey
as Punchy LePage
Ben Welden
as Stemmy
Donald Haines
as Milton
Etta McDaniel
as Dove
John Kelly
as Nero
Bess Flowers
as Nurse
Nell Craig
Horace McMahon
as Philadelphia
George Irving
as Police Commissioner
Charles Trowbridge
as Commissioner in 1919
Mary Field
as Mrs. Daly
Jack Pennick
as Prisoner
Neil Fitzgerald
as Casey (police broadcaster)
Dickie Jones
as Dennis Madden, as a boy
Drew Roddy
as Albert Boylan Jr., as a boy
Ernie Alexander
as Reporter at Hospital
Lynn Bailey
as Model
Barbara Bedford
Arthur Belasco
as Detective
James Blaine
Wade Boteler
as Police Lt. Niles
Janice Chambers
as Girl Playing Hopscotch
Davison Clark
as Police Sergeant
Chick Collins
as Rackteer #1
Heinie Conklin
as Drunk
Nick Copeland
as Hospital Visitor
Richard Cramer
Kernan Cripps
as Detective on Train
Esther Dale
as Mrs. McGillivray
Jack Daley
as Drugstore Customer
John Webb Dillion
as Court Attendant
Claire Du Brey
Ralph Dunn
as Policeman in 1919
Estelle Etterre
Al Ferguson
as Plainclothesman on Train
James Flavin
as Police Interrogator
Jennifer Gray
Reed Hadley
as Lawyer
Eddie Hall
as Dock Policeman
Sherry Hall
as Waiter
Edward Hearn
as Guard in Jail
Fay Helm
Al Hill
as Prisoner on Train
Arthur Hoyt
as Police Prompter
Milton Kibbee
as Train Conductor
William Lally
as Older Policeman
Mitchell Lewis
as Officer Minetti
Mary MacLaren
George Magrill
as Policeman
Larry McGrath
as Guard in Court
Tom McGuire
Paul McVey
as Assistant Commissioner
Buddy Messinger
as Hospital Clerk
Ivan Miller
as Det. Frawley
Harold Minjir
as Couturier
Clayton Moore
as Intern
Roger Moore
as Fingerprint Instructor
Frances Morris
Edmund Mortimer
as Doctor in Hospital
Jay Novello
Frank O'Connor
as Policeman at Graduation
Robert Emmett O'Connor
as Capt. Crane
Pat O'Malley
Lee Phelps
Alonzo Price
as Drugstore Clerk
Dick Rich
Claire Rochelle
as Phone Operator
Gertrude Simpson
as Matron at Police Station
Pietro Sosso
as Jury Foreman
Harry Strang
Charles Sullivan
Ben Taggart
David Thursby
Dale Van Sickel
as Pete - Rookie Policeman
Monte Vandergrift
Michael Visaroff
as Vidal
Fred Walburn
as Dion McGillivray
E. Alyn Warren
as Judge
Jack Woody
as Racketeer #2
Josef von Sternberg
Director
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
William Axt
Original Music Composer
J. Walter Ruben
Producer
John F. Seitz
Director of Photography
Conrad A. Nervig
Editor
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Wells Root
Screenplay
William A. Ullman Jr.
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