Cast & Crew

Directed by

William Dieterle

Writing Credits

Brown Holmes
(screen play)
Dashiell Hammett
(based on a novel by)

Cast

Bette Davis
Valerie Purvis
Warren William
Ted Shane
Alison Skipworth
Madame Barabbas
Arthur Treacher
Anthony Travers
Marie Wilson
Miss Murgatroyd
Wini Shaw
Astrid Ames
Porter Hall
Milton Ames
Olin Howland
Detective Dunhill
Charles C. Wilson
Detective Pollock
John Alexander
Black Porter
J.H. Allen
Bootblack
Sam Appel
Steamer Captain at Cafe
May Beatty
Mrs. Arden
Barbara Blane
Babe
Billy Bletcher
Father of Sextuplets
Raymond Brown
City Fathers Committee Member
James P. Burtis
Detective
Frank Darien
Hotel Clerk
William B. Davidson
City Fathers Committee Spokesman
Don Downen
Reporter
John Elliott
City Fathers Committee Member
Sol Gorss
Jackie Farrow
Kid Herman
Bootblack
Maynard Holmes
Kenneth
Joe King
Detective
Alice La Mont
Mother of Sextuplets
Alphonse Martell
Headwaiter
Edward McWade
City Fathers Committee Member
Bert Moorhouse
Man on Dance Floor
Edmund Mortimer
Man on Dance Floor
John J. Richardson
Second Photographer
Cliff Saum
Patrol Officer
Francis Sayles
Detective
Eddie Shubert
Detective
Ray Turner
Porter
Huey White
Taxi Driver
Leo White
Room Service Waiter
Douglas Williams
Dock Walloper
Jack Wise
Pushy Photographer

Music by

Bernhard Kaun
(uncredited)
Heinz Roemheld
(uncredited)

Cinematography by

Arthur Edeson
(photography by)

Editing by

Warren Low
film editor

Art Direction by

Max Parker

Costume Design by

Orry-Kelly
(gowns)

Stunts

Sol Gorss
stunts (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Eugene Joseff
costume jeweller (uncredited)

Music Department

Leo F. Forbstein
musical director (uncredited)
M.K. Jerome
composer: stock music (uncredited)

Additional Crew

Gene Lewis
dialogue director
Henry Blanke
supervisor (uncredited)
Sally Sage
stand-in: Bette Davis (uncredited)
All Filters