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★ 7.0/10•1939•1h 6m•NR•Mystery

DICTATOR... Of The Sinister Empire Behind The Big City's Bright Lights!

When gangster Phil Daley gets rid of his chief Paul Burgess he has everything that money can buy, except the respect of his parents and his sweetheart Susan Warren. His younger brother Danny quits college and forces Phil to make him part of the gang. The overly-ambitious Danny fixes a prize-fight on which rival gang-leader Mike Luger loses heavily and, thinking that Phil has double-crossed him, sends gunmen out to kill Phil. They kill Danny instead and the frightened Phil flees to a country hideout. His chief lieutenant, Sid Travis, sets a trap for Phil when he returns.

Arthur Lubin · Director

Edmund L. Hartmann · Writer

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 6m
LanguageEN
Release DateMay 3, 1939

Actors

Barton MacLane

Barton MacLane

Phil Daley

Tom Brown

Tom Brown

Danny Daley

Eve Arden

Eve Arden

Susan Warren

Jack La Rue

Jack La Rue

Mike Luger

Frank Jenks

Frank Jenks

Sid Travers

Walter Woolf King

Walter Woolf King

Paul Burgess

Oscar O'Shea

Oscar O'Shea

Pa Daley

Esther Dale

Esther Dale

Ma Daley

Horace McMahon

Horace McMahon

Punchy

Ed Sullivan

Ed Sullivan

Narrator / Newspaper Columnist

Irving Bacon

Irving Bacon

Real Estate Man

Heinie Conklin

Heinie Conklin

Thompson

Clyde Dilson

Morgan

James Flavin

James Flavin

George Mitchell

Jennifer Gray

Telephone Operator

Eddie Hall

Eddie Hall

Taxi Cab Driver

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