Cast & Crew

Directed by

Edward Ludwig

Writing Credits

Sidney Buchman
(screen play) &
Harry Sauber
(screen play) &
Jack Kirkland
(screen play)
Joseph Krumgold
(story)
May Edginton
(suggested by "Purple and Fine Linen") (as May Edington)
John Howard Lawson
(adaptation) (uncredited)

Cast

Jean Arthur
Claire Peyton
Joel McCrea
George Melville
Reginald Owen
Blackton Gregory
Thomas Mitchell
Phil Bane
Victor Kilian
Mark Gibbs
John Gallaudet
McGuire
Emmett Vogan
Lorimer
George Cooper
Duncan
Herman Bing
Otto
Robert Warwick
Phillip
Louise Bates
Woman Outside Crime Scene
William 'Billy' Benedict
Office Boy
Mary Blake
Undetermined Role
Wade Boteler
Police Sergeant
Romaine Callender
Old Taxi Driver
Wallis Clark
City Editor
Dora Clement
Nurse Katie - Actress in Play
Clyde Courtright
Doorman at Beauty Parlor
Mary Lou Dix
Young Attendant
Edward Earle
Jef - Henchman
John Eldredge
Tommy - Actor in Play
Robert Fiske
Dario - Henchman
Bess Flowers
Miss Arnold - Beauty Salon Attendant
Jack Gardner
Reporter
George Ghermanoff
Henchman
Jesse Graves
Waiter at Otto's Pool Hall
John Hamilton
Chief of G-Men
Arthur Stuart Hull
First Nighter
Sheldon Jett
Newspaper Office Worker
Richard Kipling
Army Officer in Play
Mike Lally
Reporter
Eddie Laughton
Reporter
Raymond Lawrence
First Butler
Ralph Malone
Reporter
Frank Mayo
G-Man
Bert Moorhouse
Jim - G-Man
Clive Morgan
Henchman
Horace Murphy
Night Watchman
Wedgwood Nowell
Henchman on Telephone
Barnett Parker
John - Gregory's Butler
Edward Peil Sr.
Police Broadcaster in Montage
Lee Prather
Foreman of Press Room
Arthur Rankin
Blackton's Secretary
Dick Rush
Policeman
Tom Seymour
Absent-Minded Man
Charles Sherlock
Newspaper Man
Reginald Simpson
Undetermined Role
Mary Jane Temple
Undetermined Role
Emerson Treacy
Injured Soldier in Play
John Tyrrell
Reporter
Theodore von Eltz
John Ridley - Henchman
Robert Walker
G-Man
Fred Whalen
Pool Table Racker
Lloyd Whitlock
Henchman

Produced by

Everett Riskin
associate producer

Music by

William Grant Still
(uncredited)

Cinematography by

Henry Freulich
(photography)

Editing by

Otto Meyer
film editor

Art Direction by

Stephen Goosson

Costume Design by

Bernard Newman
(gowns)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

William Mull
assistant director (uncredited)

Sound Department

Glenn Rominger
sound engineer

Music Department

Morris Stoloff
musical director
W. Franke Harling
composer: stock music (uncredited)
Louis Silvers
composer: stock music (uncredited)

Additional Crew

Harry Cohn
president: Columbia Pictures Corp. of Calif. Ltd.
Fred Whalen
trick shot artist: George Melville's pool trick shot (uncredited)
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