Trama
Nell'America del 1909, alle soglie del proibizionismo, il ritratto senza reticenze dell'ascesa e della caduta di un gangster, Tom Powers, dall'infanzia trascorsa nelle strade di un quartiere povero di New York alle prime imprese criminose insieme con il fido amico Matt Doyle, dagli amori travagliati con la fidanzata Kitty e la bellissima Gwen Allen alla tragica fine per mano di una banda rivale.
Per tutta la vita ha preso quello che voleva... Perché non le donne?
Data rilascio : 23/04/1931
regia di William A. Wellman
Budget : 151.000,00 $
Incasso : 557.000,00 $
Cast
-
James Cagney
- Tom Powers -
Jean Harlow
- Gwen Allen -
Edward Woods
- Matt Doyle -
Joan Blondell
- Mamie -
Donald Cook
- Mike Powers -
Leslie Fenton
- Samuel 'Nails' Nathan -
Beryl Mercer
- Ma Powers -
Robert Emmett O'Connor
- Paddy Ryan -
Murray Kinnell
- Putty Nose -
Clark Burroughs
- Dutch (uncredited) -
Mae Clarke
- Kitty (uncredited) -
Frank Coghlan Jr.
- Tom as a Boy (uncredited) -
George Daly
- Machine Gunner (uncredited) -
Frankie Darro
- Matt as a Boy (uncredited) -
Snitz Edwards
- Miller (uncredited) -
Rita Flynn
- Molly Doyle (uncredited) -
Dorothy Gee
- Nails' Girl (uncredited) -
Douglas Gerrard
- Assistant Tailor (uncredited) -
Dorothy Gray
- Little Girl (uncredited) -
Ben Hendricks Jr.
- 'Bugs' Moran as a Boy (uncredited) -
Robert Homans
- Officer Pat Burke (uncredited) -
Eddie Kane
- Joe - Headwaiter (uncredited) -
Mia Marvin
- Jane (uncredited) -
Sam McDaniel
- Headwaiter (uncredited) -
Helen Parrish
- Little Girl (uncredited) -
Lee Phelps
- Steve - Bartender (uncredited) -
Russ Powell
- Bartender (uncredited) -
Purnell Pratt
- Officer Powers (uncredited) -
Nanci Price
- Little Girl (uncredited) -
Joe Sawyer
- Pool Player (uncredited) -
Landers Stevens
- Doctor (uncredited) -
William H. Strauss
- Pawnbroker (uncredited) -
Charles Sullivan
- Mug (uncredited) -
Lucille Ward
- Mrs. Dalton (uncredited) -
Adele Watson
- Mrs. Doyle (uncredited)