A mild-mannered insurance salesman gets mixed up with gangsters.
Cast
Lew Ayres
Henry Twinkle
Rita Johnson
Mary Blake
Lloyd Nolan
Gus Fender
Virginia Grey
Lila Hanley
Leon Errol
Uncle Waldo Burke
Nat Pendleton
'Fatso' Werner
George Lessey
Buckley Sloan
Richard Carle
Pattington
Ralph Byrd
Larry Kelly
Marc Lawrence
'Happy' Dugan
Thurston Hall
Charles Engel
James Burke
Sibley
Spencer Charters
Justice of Peace
William Demarest
Swallow
Ernie Alexander
Clerk (uncredited)
Gladys Blake
First Stenographer (uncredited)
John Butler
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Bobby Callahan
Pedestrian (uncredited)
Jack Daley
Mary's Lawyer (uncredited)
Leigh De Lacey
Scrubwoman (uncredited)
John Dilson
Cashier (uncredited)
Eddie Dunn
McGurk (uncredited)
Jay Eaton
Clerk (uncredited)
Maude Eburne
Landlady (uncredited)
James Flavin
Cop (uncredited)
Jack Gardner
Elevator Boy (uncredited)
Pat Gleason
Cab Driver (uncredited)
Fred Graham
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
George Guhl
Night Elevator Man (uncredited)
John Hamilton
Judge (uncredited)
Tom Herbert
Aide (uncredited)
Edward Keane
Barney aka Derby Hat (uncredited)
Fred Kelsey
Cop (uncredited)
Edward Kilroy
Clerk (uncredited)
Claude King
Clerk (uncredited)
Hal Le Sueur
Clerk (uncredited)
Ralph McCullough
Elevator Starter (uncredited)
Claire McDowell
Pedestrian (uncredited)
Horace McMahon
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Harold Miller
Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse
Restaurant Customer (uncredited)
Frances Morris
Clerk (uncredited)
Jack Mulhall
Reporter (uncredited)
Arthur O'Connell
Cameraman (uncredited)
Claire Owen
Second Stenographer (uncredited)
Emory Parnell
Featherway (uncredited)
Paul Phillips
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Cyril Ring
Cameraman (uncredited)
Rudolf Steinboeck
Clerk (uncredited)
Harry Tyler
Thug (uncredited)
Herb Vigran
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Ray Walker
Reporter (uncredited)
Bryant Washburn Jr.
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Crew
Leslie Fenton
Director
S.J. Perelman
Screenplay
Marion Parsonnet
Screenplay
Laura Perelman
Screenplay
John Fante
Story
Frank Fenton
Story
Lynn Root
Story
Conrad A. Nervig
Editor
Leonard Smith
Director of Photography
Edgar Selwyn
Producer
Dolly Tree
Wardrobe Designer
Daniel B. Cathcart
Assistant Art Director
Douglas Shearer
Sound Director
David Snell
Music
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
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