Mr. Morris, the owner of a large metropolitan department store, gives jobs to paroled ex-convicts in an effort to help them reform and go straight. Among his 'employed-prison-graduates' are Helen Roberts and Joe Dennis, working as sales clerks. Joe is in love with Helen and asks her to marry him, but she is forbidden to marry as she is still on parole, but she says yes and they are married. In spite of their poverty-level life, their marriage is a happy one until Joe discovers she has lied about her past, in order to marry him. Disillusioned, he leaves, goes back to his old gang and plans to rob the department store.
Cast
Sylvia Sidney
Helen Roberts
George Raft
Joe Dennis
Barton MacLane
Mickey
Harry Carey
Mr. Morris
Roscoe Karns
Cuffy
George E. Stone
Pasty
Warren Hymer
Gimpy Carter
Robert Cummings
Jim
Adrian Morris
Knucks
Roger Gray
Bath House
Cecil Cunningham
Mrs. Morris
Vera Gordon
Mrs. Levine
Egon Brecher
Mr. Levine
Willard Robertson
Dayton
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
Taxi
Bernadene Hayes
Nellie
Joyce Compton
Curly Blonde
Carol Paige
Torch Singer
Ernie Adams
Nick (uncredited)
Sam Ash
Second Floorwalker (uncredited)
Max Barwyn
German Waiter (uncredited)
Harlan Briggs
Thomas McTavish (uncredited)
Marie Burton
Sales Clerk (uncredited)
Ethel Clayton
Employment Agency Clerk (uncredited)
Sheila Darcy
Perfume Clerk (uncredited)
William B. Davidson
N. G. Orton, Attorney-at-Law (uncredited)
Hal K. Dawson
Information Clerk (uncredited)
Dorothy Dayton
Sales Clerk (uncredited)
Paula DeCardo
Cigarette Girl (uncredited)
Richard Denning
Salesman (uncredited)
Jane Dewey
Sales Clerk (uncredited)
Ellen Drew
Cashier (uncredited)
Jimmie Dundee
Greyhound Bus Driver (uncredited)
Yvonne Duval
Sales Clerk (uncredited)
Fern Emmett
Mother of Nasty Little Girl (uncredited)
Julia Faye
Secretary (uncredited)
Greta Granstedt
Sales Clerk (uncredited)
Joe Gray
Red (uncredited)
Kit Guard
2nd Gangster / Prison Inmate (uncredited)
Harriette Haddon
Cigarette Girl (uncredited)
Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian
Lucky (uncredited)
Robert Homans
Security Guard in Store (uncredited)
Arthur Hoyt
Mr. Klein (uncredited)
John Hubbard
Salesman (uncredited)
Barbara Jackson
Demonstrator (uncredited)
Lola Jensen
Sales Clerk (uncredited)
Gwen Kenyon
Hat-Check Girl (uncredited)
Herta Lynd
Swedish Waitress (uncredited)
Joyce Mathews
Sales Clerk (uncredited)
Matt McHugh
Newcomer (uncredited)
James McNamara
Big Shot (uncredited)
Ray Middleton
Salesman (uncredited)
Helaine Moler
Sales Clerk (uncredited)
Jack Mulhall
First Floorwalker (uncredited)
Paul Newlan
Bouncer at Danceland (uncredited)
Carol Parker
Sales Clerk (uncredited)
Edward Pawley
Dutch (uncredited)
Jack Pennick
Gangster (uncredited)
Juanita Quigley
Nasty Little Girl (uncredited)
Margaret Randall
Shoplifter (uncredited)
Ruth Rogers
Blonde Salesgirl (uncredited)
Barbara Salisbury
Demonstrator (uncredited)
Louise Seidel
Hat-Check Girl (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook
Bartender (uncredited)
Archie Twitchell
Salesman (uncredited)
Blanca Vischer
Flower Girl (uncredited)
Cheryl Walker
Sales Clerk (uncredited)
Phil Warren
Secretary (uncredited)
Marion Weldon
Demonstrator (uncredited)
Crew
Fritz Lang
Director, Producer
Virginia Van Upp
Screenplay
Norman Krasna
Story
Paul Weatherwax
Editor
Charles Lang
Director of Photography
Harry Scott
Second Assistant Director
Richard Harlan
Assistant Director
Robert Rhea
Assistant Camera
Lionel Lindon
Second Assistant Camera
Mel Ballerino
Casting
Edna Shotwell
Wardrobe Master
Helen Lierly
Hairstylist
Glen Alden
Makeup Artist
Harry Lindgren
Sound Recordist
Walter Oberst
Sound Recordist
Ray Cossar
Sound Recordist
Kurt Weill
Original Music Composer
Boris Morros
Music Director
Phil Boutelje
Music Arranger
W. Franke Harling
Additional Music
John Leipold
Additional Music, Orchestrator
Leo Shuken
Additional Music
Sam Coslow
Lyricist
Johnny Burke
Lyricist
A. E. Freudeman
Set Decoration
Sam Comer
Set Dresser
Roy Kreuger
Props
Ken Lobben
Still Photographer
Eugene Busch
Script Supervisor
Joe Gray
Stunts
Frances Miles
Stunts
Jack Moffitt
Additional Writing
Adolph Zukor
Presenter
Kenneth De Land
Grip
Henry Schuster
Gaffer
Richard Johnston
Production Manager
Frederic Leahy
Production Manager
Sam Wineland
Conductor
Hans Dreier
Art Direction
Ernst Fegté
Art Direction
Charles Bradshaw
Orchestrator
Herman Hand
Orchestrator
Gordon Jenkins
Orchestrator
Milan Roder
Orchestrator
Al Siegel
Orchestrator
Eugene Joseff
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