Public Hero Number 1

  • Crime
  • Drama
5/31/1935
89
NR

FACTS!...NEVER BEFORE TOLD!

G-Man Jeff Crane poses as a crook to infiltrate the notorious Purple Gang, a band of hoodlums which preys upon other hoodlums. Orchestrating the jailbreak of the gang's leader, Crane joins him in a Dillinger-like flight across the country.

Director:
J. Walter Ruben
Writer:
Wells Root
    • gangster
    • prison escape
    • doctor
    • prison riot
    • getaway
    • drunkard

    Cast

    • Lionel Barrymore
      Dr. Josiah Glass
    • Jean Arthur
      Maria Theresa 'Terry' O'Reilly
    • Chester Morris
      Jeff Crane
    • Joseph Calleia
      Sonny 'Dinkie' Black
    • Paul Kelly
      Special Agent James Duff
    • Lewis Stone
      Prison Warden
    • Paul Hurst
      Rufe Parker
    • George E. Stone
      Butch
    • Sam Baker
      Mose Jones
    • William Bailey
      Federal Agent (uncredited)
    • Brooks Benedict
      Bar Patron (uncredited)
    • Ed Brady
      Convict in Prison (uncredited)
    • Lane Chandler
      Train Conductor (uncredited)
    • Cora Sue Collins
      Little Girl (uncredited)
    • Helene Costello
      Convict Wife (uncredited)
    • Nell Craig
      Duff's Secretary with Telegram (uncredited)

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