The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.
Clark Gable
as Edward J. 'Blackie' Gallagher
William Powell
as Jim Wade
Myrna Loy
as Eleanor Packer
Leo Carrillo
as Father Joe
Nat Pendleton
as Spud
George Sidney
as Poppa Rosen
Isabel Jewell
as Annabelle
Muriel Evans
as Tootsie Malone
Thomas E. Jackson
as Asst. Dist. Atty. Richard Snow
Isabelle Keith
as Miss Adams
Noel Madison
as Manny Arnold
Jimmy Butler
as Jim Wade as a Boy