Prohibition is ending so bootlegger Bugs Ahearn decides to crack California society. He leases a house from down-on-her-luck Ruth and hires her as social secretary. He rescues Polly Cass from a horsefall and goes home to meet her dad who sells him some phony stock certificates. When he learns about this he sends to Chicago for mob help.
Edward G. Robinson
as James Francis 'Bugs' / 'Jim' Ahearn
Mary Astor
as Ruth Wayburn
Helen Vinson
as Polly Cass
Russell Hopton
as Albert J. 'Al' Daniels
Kenneth Thomson
as John Stanley
Shirley Grey
as Edith Merriam
Berton Churchill
as Donald Hadley Cass
Don Dillaway
as Gordon Cass
Louise Mackintosh
as Mrs. Donald Hadley Cass
Lester Dorr
as Investment Clerk (uncredited)
Bill Elliott
as Guest at Polly's Party (uncredited)
Selmer Jackson
as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
