Prohibition is ending so bootlegger Bugs Ahearn decides to crack California society. He leases a house from down-on-her-luck Ruth and hires her as social secretary. He rescues Polly Cass from a horsefall and goes home to meet her dad who sells him some phony stock certificates. When he learns about this he sends to Chicago for mob help.
Rated NR | Length 76 minutes
Edward G. Robinson | Mary Astor | Helen Vinson | Russell Hopton | Kenneth Thomson | Shirley Grey | Berton Churchill | Don Dillaway | Louise Mackintosh | Lester Dorr | Bill Elliott | Selmer Jackson | Jayne Shadduck | Dewey Robinson | Sidney Bracey | Charles Coleman | Toby Wing
Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
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02/15/2014 | TV | Streaming | Video on Demand | 3 stars |
(Average) 3 stars |
Charming effort by Edward G. Robinson to play dumb as a Chicago gangster who quits the rackets and tries to become a gentleman and enter high society in Santa Barbara.
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