"When Paul Madvig, a successful politician who fights his rivals to seize the city, becomes implicated in a murder, Ed Beaumont, his friend and right-hand man, must decide which side he is on."
George Raft
as Ed Beaumont
Edward Arnold
as Paul Madvig
Claire Dodd
as Janet Henry
Ray Milland
as Taylor Henry
Rosalind Keith
as Opal Madvig
Charles Richman
as Senator John T. Henry
Robert Gleckler
as Shad O'Rory
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
as Jeff
Tammany Young
as Clarkie
Harry Tyler
as Henry Sloss
Charles C. Wilson
as District Attorney Edward J. Farr
Emma Dunn
as 'Mom' Madvig
Matt McHugh
as Puggy
Pat Moriarity
as Mulrooney
Mack Gray
as Duke
Ann Sheridan
as Nurse
Ernie Adams
as Bettor (uncredited)
George Ernest
as Boy (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor
as Frank McLaughlin (uncredited)
Henry Roquemore
as Hinkle (uncredited)
George Lloyd
as Hood (uncredited)
George H. Reed
as Midnight (uncredited)
Irving Bacon
as Waiter (uncredited)
Frank Marlowe
as Walter Ivans (uncredited)
Frank Tuttle
Director
Dashiell Hammett
Novel
Kathryn Scola
Screenplay
Kubec Glasmon
Harry Ruskin
Additional Dialogue
E. Lloyd Sheldon
Producer
Henry Sharp
Director of Photography
Henry Herzbrun
Executive Producer
Hans Dreier
Art Direction
A. Earl Hedrick
Russell Mathews
Assistant Director
Jack A. Goodrich
Sound Engineer
John Leipold
Music
Heinz Roemheld
Original Music Composer
Tom Satterfield
Hugh Bennett
Editor