Man Of The People

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Man Of The People

"The romance of a fighting man!"

1937

1h 21m

7.0(3 votes)

Drama

Overview

An Italian immigrant studying the law gets mixed up with crooks.

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78 members

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Joseph Calleia

Jack Moreno

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Florence Rice

Abbey Reid

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Thomas Mitchell

William J. Grady

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Ted Healy

Joe "The Glut" Dwyer

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Catherine Doucet

Hattie Reid

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Jonathan Hale

Carter Spetner

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Edward Nugent

Edward Spetner

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Paul Stanton

Stringer

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Robert Emmett Keane

Joseph B. Murphy

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Jane Barnes

Marie Rosetti

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Noel Madison

Benny Silvers

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Selmer Jackson

Governor

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Donald Briggs

Baldwin

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Frank Reicher

Robinson

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John Ardizoni

Guierpe

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Polly Bailey

Crying Mother

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Jack Baxley

Duffy

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Wilson Benge

Reid's Butler

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Agostino Borgato

Italian Man (uncredited)

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Ed Brady

Tramp with Heckler (uncredited)

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Don Brodie

Pool Player (uncredited)

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Nina Campana

Italian Woman (uncredited)

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Jack Chefe

Russian Club Patron (uncredited)

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Claudia Coleman

Society Woman (uncredited)

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Heinie Conklin

Hot Clam Harry Foster (uncredited)

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Hal Cooke

Court Clerk (uncredited)

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Richard Cramer

Heckler (uncredited)

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Max Davidson

Mr. Shelman (uncredited)

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Drew Demorest

Cab Driver (uncredited)

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Claire Du Brey

Mrs. Sagon (uncredited)

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Eddie Dunn

Kitty "The Horse" Schwartz (uncredited)

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Budd Fine

Hobo (uncredited)

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Sam Flint

Hearing Leader (uncredited)

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John George

Man On Street (uncredited)

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Sherry Hall

First Clerk (uncredited)

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Al Herman

Jury Foreman (uncredited)

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Charles King

Announcer (uncredited)

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Richard Kipling

Newspaper Man (uncredited)

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Frank LaRue

Judge (uncredited)

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Harry Lash

Friend of Drunk (uncredited)

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Mimi Lawler

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Edward LeSaint

Jury Foreman (uncredited)

Writing

Mary Loos

Mannish Woman (uncredited)

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Clark Marshall

Miley (uncredited)

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Frank McLure

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Ivor McFadden

Bearded Bum (uncredited)

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Belle Mitchell

Italian Woman (uncredited)

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Ernesto Molinari

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Pat Moriarity

Heckling Tramp (uncredited)

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Edmund Mortimer

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Louis Natheaux

Hard-Faced Gambler (uncredited)

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Paul Newlan

Hobo (uncredited)

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Jimmy O'Gatty

Yelling Tramp (uncredited)

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Inez Palange

Italian Woman (uncredited)

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Lauretta Parillo

(uncredited)

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Lee Phelps

Relative of Sentenced Boy (uncredited)

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Russ Powell

Brewery Manager (uncredited)

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Alonzo Price

Second Clerk (uncredited)

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James Quinn

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Constantine Romanoff

Hobo (uncredited)

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Ronald R. Rondell

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Hector V. Sarno

Italian Man (uncredited)

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Sam Savitsky

Russian Doorman (uncredited)

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Earl Seaman

Bailiff (uncredited)

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Eddie Shubert

Spike (uncredited)

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Phillips Smalley

Society Man (uncredited)

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Walter Soderling

Flaherty (uncredited)

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Genaro Spagnoli

Italian Man (uncredited)

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Harry Stafford

Society Man (uncredited)

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Brick Sullivan

Policeman (uncredited)

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Eddie Syracuse

(uncredited)

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Harry Tenbrook

Tough on Picnic Platform

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Charles Trowbridge

Man at Hearing (uncredited)

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Frank Whitbeck

Radio Announcer (voice)

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Elsie Wicks

(uncredited)

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Clarence Wilson

Skinny Wilson - Sulker

Writing

Harry Leon Wilson

Workman (uncredited)

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William Worthington

Judge (uncredited)

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