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directed by

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and starring

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and

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. It was produced on

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as a

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.Pitts p.242 It was later reissued under the

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'' Slums of New York'' with advertising material devoting greater attention to

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Rooney, who had since emerged as a star at MGM.

Plot

Attorney Robert Webb makes a good living as a defense lawyer for gangsters. This disgusts his wife, who leaves him and goes to set up a charitable clinic. After getting a notorious mob leader acquitted on a technicality, Webb develops a conscience and turns to alcohol letting his practice collapse. Living on the streets, he is befriended by a boy who helps him gain his self-respect. When the boy is then killed by a bullet fired from a gangster's gun, Webb goes undercover to pose as a defense lawyer once more while secretly recording the incriminating conversation, which he turns over to the police. A reformed man, he and his wife reconcile.

Cast

as Robert Webb *

as Iris Markey *

as Chubby Dennis *

Forrest Stanley Forrest Stanley (August 21, 1889 – August 27, 1969) was an American actor and screenplay writer best known for his work in silent film. He is particularly known for his role as Charles Brandon in the historical film '' When Knighthood Was in ...

as James Markey *

Bess Flowers Bess Flowers (November 23, 1898 – July 28, 1984) was an American actress best known for her work as an extra in hundreds of films. She was known as "The Queen of the Hollywood Extras," appearing in more than 350 feature films and numerou ...

as Jane Webb *

Hal Price Harry Franklin "Hal" Price (June 24, 1886 – April 15, 1964) was an American film and stage actor. He appeared in more than 260 films between 1930 and 1952. He is the father of character actress and comedian Lu Leonard. On stage, Price ...

as Jake Bernheim *

Harry Semels Harry Semels (November 20, 1887 – March 2, 1946) was an American film actor. He appeared in over 315 film between 1917 and 1946. Career Semels appeared in his first film in 1917. He began to achieve fame after arriving at Columbia Pictu ...

as Louie Joe *

Paul Panzer Paul Wolfgang Panzerbeiter (November 3, 1872 – August 16, 1958), known professionally as Paul Panzer, was a German-American silent film actor. He appeared in more than 330 films between 1905 and 1952. Biography Panzer was born in Würzburg. ...

as Derelict Drinking Milk

References

Bibliography

* Pitts, Michael R. ''Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each''. McFarland & Company, 2005.

External links

* 1932 films 1932 crime films American black-and-white films Films directed by George B. Seitz American crime films Mayfair Pictures films Films set in New York City 1930s English-language films 1930s American films English-language crime films {{1930s-crime-film-stub