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"HE GOT HIS! You'll get yours!"

1931

1h 12m

7.3(11 votes)

Crime

Drama

Overview

A truck driver "too lazy to work and too nervous to steal" gets mixed up in racketeering. Naturally his underhanded business practices make him a pillar of the community.

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Production Companies

Fox Film Corporation

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Spencer Tracy

Spencer Tracy

Daniel J. 'Bugs' Raymond

Marguerite Churchill

Marguerite Churchill

Dorothy Stone

Sally Eilers

Sally Eilers

Daisy De Lisle

Bob Burns

Bob Burns

'Arkansas' Smith (as Robert Burns)

John Wray

John Wray

Kenneth Stone

Warner Richmond

Warner Richmond

'Nails' Markey

George Raft

George Raft

Jimmy Kirk

John Swor

Contractor

Leon Ames

Leon Ames

Hood

Oscar Apfel

Oscar Apfel

Police Detective Capp (uncredited)

Creative team

Directed by: Rowland Brown
Written by: Rowland Brown
Courtney Terrett
Produced by: William Fox

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