"Corrupt politicians resort to murder and blackmail when a young boy accidentally witnesses them taking payoffs."
Eric Linden
as Eddie Martin
Sidney Fox
as Peggy Martin
Tully Marshall
as District Attorney. Anderson
Louis Calhern
as Asst. District Attorney John Wade
George Meeker
as Lenny Collins
Robert Warwick
as Jake Stranskey
Berton Churchill
as Mayor William 'Billy' Manning
Edward Arnold
as Jig Skelli
Mayo Methot
as Marge Winters
Matt McHugh
as Joe Skelli
Joyce Compton
as Alice - Party Girl
King Baggot
as Police Officer (uncredited)
Walter Brennan
as Protester Sign Carrier (uncredited)
Lita Chevret
as Molly (uncredited)
Dorothy Granger
as Kippie - Party Girl (uncredited)
Ben Taggart
as Detective Burke (uncredited)
Thomas E. Jackson
as Deputy Benchley
Frank Sheridan
as Police Commissioner Garvey
Ian Maclaren
as Chief Frank Hyers
Gustav von Seyffertitz
as Attorney Harry Berger
Reginald Barlow
as Judge MacMurray
Edward Martindel
as Major Jamison
John Ince
as Bill (detective)
George Chandler
as Pete (bellhop)
Arthur Housman
as Archie (drunk)
Joe Bonomo
as Party Guest
Lynton Brent
as Wade's Secretary
Ralph Brooks
as Reporter
Thomas Carrigan
as Burns
G. Pat Collins
as Detective Archie Quinn
Kernan Cripps
as Arresting Detective
Jack Dougherty
as Third-Degree Detective
Jimmie Dundee
as Cab Driver
James Eagles
as Sam - Bellhop
Jim Farley
as Police Sergeant
William Farrel
as Third-Degree Detective #1
Olin Francis
as Prison Hospital Guard
Clarence Geldart
as Third-Degree Doctor
Charles Giblyn
as Doctor
Huntley Gordon
as Governor
Julia Griffith
as Dignitary on Dais
Pat Harmon
as Prison Patient
Robert Homans
as Bill McGuire - Third-Degree Detective
Perry Ivins
as Unemployed Man
Gladden James
Lew Kelly
as Mailman
William J. Kelly
Colin Kenny
Fred Kohler Jr.
as Max - Elevator Operator
Lew Meehan
as Jail Official
Monte Montague
as Electrician
Frances Morris
as Miss Sheridan - Nurse
Robert Morris
as Third-Degree Detective #2
Lee Phelps
as Taxi Driver
Alexander Pollard
as Party Waiter
Hal Price
Lorin Raker
as Mike
Jack Richardson
as Editor
Cliff Saum
as Protester with Sign
Philip Sleeman
Emma Tansey
as Old Lady
Harry Tenbrook
as Spike - Henchman
Edward Thomas
as Bartender
William Wagner
Allen Wood
as Bellhop
Edward L. Cahn
Director
Albert Maltz
Theatre Play
George Sklar
Tom Reed
Writer
Edgar G. Ulmer
Art Direction
Karl Freund
Director of Photography
Milton Carruth
Editor
