The Glass Key

The Tougher They Are—The Harder They Fall

A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.

Crime Mystery Thriller

Brian Donlevy

Veronica Lake

Alan Ladd

Bonita Granville

(Opal 'Snip' Madvig)

Richard Denning

Joseph Calleia

William Bendix

Frances Gifford

Donald MacBride

Margaret Hayes

(Eloise Matthews)

Moroni Olsen

Eddie Marr

Arthur Loft

(Clyde Matthews)

George Meader

(Claude Tuttle)

William Benedict

(Farr's Receptionist (uncredited))

Dane Clark

(Henry Sloss (uncredited))

Tom Fadden

(Basement Club Waiter (uncredited))

Bess Flowers

(Henrys' Dinner Guest (uncredited))

Chuck Hamilton

(Policeman (uncredited))

James Millican

(Politician (uncredited))

Bert Moorhouse

(Man at Campaign Headquarters (uncredited))

Lillian Randolph

(Basement Club Entertainer (uncredited))

Norma Varden

(Henrys' Dinner Guest (uncredited))

Brooks Benedict

(Man at Campaign Headquarters (uncredited))

Conrad Binyon

(Stubby (uncredited))

Frank Bruno

(Reporter (uncredited))

Kenneth Chryst

(Man in Barroom (uncredited))

Edmund Cobb

(Reporter Carrying Papers (uncredited))

Maurice Costello

(Card Player (uncredited))

George Cowl

(Butler #2 in Henry Home (uncredited))

John W. De Noria

(Groggins (uncredited))

Vernon Dent

(Bartender Serving Beers (uncredited))

Frank Elliott

(Peter (uncredited))

J.C. Fowler

(Henrys' Dinner Guest (uncredited))

Jack Gardner

(Reporter (uncredited))

Kit Guard

(Basement Club Barfly (uncredited))

Frank Hagney

(Strongarm Thug Escorting Sloss (uncredited))

Louis Jean Heydt

(Man watching dice throw (uncredited))

Arthur Stuart Hull

(Henrys' Dinner Guest (uncredited))

Joe King

(Fisher (uncredited))

Paul Le Pere

(Reporter (uncredited))

Theodore Lorch

(Dinner Guest (uncredited))

Jack Luden

(Reporter (uncredited))

Wilbur Mack

(Man at Campaign Headquarters (uncredited))

Joe McGuinn

(Reporter (uncredited))

Edmund Mortimer

(Man at Campaign Headquarters (uncredited))

Jack Mulhall

(Lynch (uncredited))

Spec O'Donnell

(Campaign Headquarters Usher (uncredited))

Broderick O'Farrell

(Henrys' Dinner Guest (uncredited))

Tom O'Grady

(Henrys' Dinner Guest (uncredited))

Pat O'Malley

(Politician (uncredited))

Stanley Price

(Basement Club Barfly (uncredited))

Cyril Ring

(Campaign Headquarters Waiter (uncredited))

Francis Sayles

(Seedy-Looking Man at Campaign Headquarters (uncredited))

Jack Shea

(Policeman (uncredited))

Bruce Sidney

(Dinner Guest (uncredited))

Brick Sullivan

(Joe (uncredited))

Charles Sullivan

(Cabbie (uncredited))

George Turner

(Dr. Redmond (uncredited))

William Wagner

(Butler (uncredited))

Fred Walburn

(Kid (uncredited))

Laraine Day

(Nurse (uncredited))