Based on the Hammett novel, this ultra-rare film—is nominally taken from the author's classic gang-war novel Red Harvest, which proved too brutal and cynical even for pre-Code Hollywood.
Helen Morgan
as Lola Fagan
Charles Ruggles
as Willie Bindbugel
Fred Kohler
as Sam Horner
Jimmy Durante
as Daffy (as Durante)
Louis Clayton
as Joe
Eddie Jackson
as Moe
Joe King
as John Hanson
Fuller Mellish Jr.
as Hogan
Leo Donnelly
as City Editor Keeley
Tammany Young
as Jerry