Directed by:
Arthur DreifussScreenplay:
Edward DeinCinematography:
Arthur ReedComposer:
Leo ErdodyCast:
Richard Cromwell, Mary Carlisle, Robert Armstrong, Warren Hymer, Charles Judels, Vince Barnett, Ralf Harolde, Hal K. Dawson, Pierce Lyden (more)Plots(1)
After mob mogul Big Mike Morgan (Jim Blaine) is murdered, his second in command "Doc" Rogers (Robert Armstrong) comes up with an ingenious plan to manipulate his fellow mobsters. After Rogers learns that Morgan has a son named Edward (Richard Cromwell), the gangster appoints him as head of the Acme Protection Agency - a front for the gang's illegal activities but what Edward believes is a verifiable insurance agency. Rogers then tells his fellow gangsters that "Baby Face" Morgan is a ruthless killer who wants his identity kept a secret and that he's taken over the operation. In this way, Rogers can control the gang without anyone knowing. But things don't quite go as planned when Edward begins paying out insurance to the trucking companies that the gang is trying to extort money from - by wrecking their trucks and then offering protection from future damages. As the mob's income becomes tighter and tighter, Joe Torelli (Ralf Harolde), a mob member who believes he should be in command, grows suspicious and begins to track down the mysterious man named "Baby Face" Morgan. (Echo Bridge Entertainment)
(more)Cast
Richard Cromwell
USA
Best movies:
Jezebel (1938)
King of Jazz (1930)
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)
Mary Carlisle
USA
Best movies:
Grand Hotel (1932)
Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)
Robert Armstrong
USA
Best movies:
King Kong (1933)
Mighty Joe Young (1949)
The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
Warren Hymer
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)
Destry Rides Again (1939)
Charles Judels
Netherlands
Best movies:
Ninotchka (1939)
San Francisco (1936)
Samson and Delilah (1949)
Vince Barnett
USA
Best movies:
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
After the Thin Man (1936)
Scarface (1932)
Ralf Harolde
USA
Best movies:
Our Relations (1936)
Conquest (1937)
A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
Hal K. Dawson
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
Pierce Lyden
USA
Best movies:
Red River (1948)
The Gunfighter (1950)
The Tall Stranger (1957)
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Australia
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Limelight (1952)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
Chick Chandler
USA
Best movies:
It Started with Eve (1941)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
George Morrell
USA
Best movies:
Texas (1941)
Albuquerque (1948)
I Shot Jesse James (1949)
Edward Hearn
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
Edison, the Man (1940)
The General (1926)
Emmett Lynn
USA
Best movies:
The Ten Commandments (1956)
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
The Tall Target (1951)
Jack Kenney
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Strike Up the Band (1940)
Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
James Blaine
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
After the Thin Man (1936)
Boys Town (1938)