Directed by:
Lloyd BaconCinematography:
Tony GaudioComposer:
Adolph DeutschCast:
Edward G. Robinson, Jane Wyman, Broderick Crawford, Jack Carson, Anthony Quinn, Edward Brophy, Harry Davenport, John Qualen, Barbara Jo Allen, Grant Mitchell (more)Plots(1)
Robinson plays Pressure Maxwell, who emerges from Sing Sing planning to run a dog track with cronies Jug (Broderick Crawford) and Weepy (Edward Brophy). But the plan needs funding, so the group (assisted by Jane Wyman) opens a luggage shop as a front while attempting to tunnel into the bank next door. Now add the store's unexpected success, a gabby traveling valise salesman (Jack Carson) and the arrival of a sour con (Anthony Quinn) who wants in on the action, and the laughs are thick as thieves. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Eddie Foster
Russian Empire
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Roland Drew
USA
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Pat O'Malley
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Larry Wheat
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Don Barclay
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Jack Kenney
Russian Empire
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Paul Kruger
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Cliff Saum
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Joe Downing
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