A former government agent in France, who has failed at an assignment and been disavowed, is deported back to the USA, where he can only find work at a low-rent detective agency. He soon gets involved with a woman with ties to a crooked gambling club owner, who is a client of his agency.
Cast
William Powell
Donald Free
Margaret Lindsay
Janet Reynolds
Arthur Hohl
Dan Hogan
Ruth Donnelly
Amy Moran
Gordon Westcott
Tony Bandor
Natalie Moorhead
Helen Burns
James Bell
Whitey
Hobart Cavanaugh
Harcourt S. Burns
Irving Bacon
Cab Driver
Arthur Byron
Tracey (Uncredited)
Heinie Conklin
Bartender (Uncredited)
Eddie Dunn
Club Doorman (Uncredited)
Charles Lane
Process Server (Uncredited)
Eddie Phillips
Mrs. Wright's Paramour (Uncredited)
Georges Renavent
Ship's Captain Henri LaFarge (Uncredited)
Sheila Terry
Mrs. Wright (Uncredited)
Charles C. Wilson
Club Bartender (Uncredited)
Toby Wing
Free's Lady Friend (Uncredited)
Joan Barclay
Gambler (Uncredited)
Bill Elliott
Man at Roulette Table (Uncredited)
Theresa Harris
Janet's Maid (Uncredited)
Ann Hovey
Rose (Uncredited)
Rolfe Sedan
Casino Man (Uncredited)
Harry Seymour
Gambler (Uncredited)
Joan Standing
Client with Free (Uncredited)
Ellinor Vanderveer
Woman in Speakeasy (Uncredited)
Renee Whitney
Alice (Uncredited)
Pat Wing
Secretary (Uncredited)
Loretta Andrews
Speakeasy Patron (uncredited)
William Irving
Drunk (uncredited)
Barbara Rogers
Speakeasy Patron (uncredited)
Crew
Michael Curtiz
Director
Rian James
Screenplay
Raoul Whitfield
Story
Harold McLernon
Editor
Tony Gaudio
Director of Photography
Gordon Hollingshead
Assistant Director
Orry-Kelly
Costume Design
Bernhard Kaun
Original Music Composer
Arthur Greville Collins
Dialogue Coach
Leo F. Forbstein
Conductor
Jack Okey
Art Direction
Hal B. Wallis
Supervising Producer
