The Hoodlum Saint

WAS IT THE SOCIETY BEAUTY OR THE NIGHT CLUB SINGER?

A former reporter comes back home after serving in the army during World War I and finds that it's much more difficult to find work than he expected. Desperate, one day he crashes a wedding attended by many of the city's rich and powerful, meets a beautiful girl named Kay who turns out to be his ticket to meeting those rich and powerful people, and he soon manages to land a job on a newspaper. He gets caught up in the "make money at all costs" game but receives a rude awakening when the stock market crashes in 1929.

William Powell

(Terence Ellerton 'Terry' O'Neill)

Esther Williams

Angela Lansbury

(Dusty Millard)

James Gleason

Lewis Stone

Rags Ragland

Frank McHugh

Slim Summerville

Roman Bohnen

(Father O'Doul)

Charles Arnt

(Cy Nolan - O'Neill's Secretary)

Louis Jean Heydt

(Mike Flaherty)

Charles Trowbridge

(Uncle Joe Lorrison)

Henry O'Neill

(Lewis J. Malbery)

William Phillips

Matt Moore

Trevor Bardette

(Rabbi Meyerberg)

Addison Richards

(Reverend Miller)

Tom Dugan

Emma Dunn

Mary Gordon

Charles D. Brown

(Ed Collner - Chronicle Reporter)

Stanley Andrews

(Chronicle Publisher (uncredited))

Stanley Blystone

(Cop Arresting Fishface (uncredited))

Hobart Cavanaugh

(Antique Clock Dealer (uncredited))

Jack Cheatham

(Jailer (uncredited))

Chester Conklin

(Cop (uncredited))

Heinie Conklin

(Mug (uncredited))

Byron Foulger

(J. Cornwall Travers (uncredited))

Dwayne Hickman

(Johnny Ryan (uncredited))

Russell Hicks

(Marty Martindale (uncredited))

Gladden James

(Doctor in Marathon (uncredited))

Frank Jenks

(Dance Contest M.C. (uncredited))

Robert Emmett Keane

(Doctor Treating O'Neill (uncredited))

Norman Leavitt

(Dance Contestant #1, Mamie's Partner (uncredited))

Frank McLure

(Reporter (uncredited))

Howard M. Mitchell

(Bartender (uncredited))

Rhea Mitchell

(Reporter (uncredited))

Forbes Murray

(Rich Man (uncredited))

William H. O'Brien

(Waiter at Wedding Brunch (uncredited))

Robert Emmett O'Connor

(Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited))

Frank Orth

(Chronicle Editor (uncredited))

Harry 'Snub' Pollard

(Parade Spectator (uncredited))

Larry Steers

(Captain of Waiters (uncredited))

Harry Tenbrook

(Mug (uncredited))

Will Wright

(Allan 'Knucklehead' Smith - Times Editor (uncredited))

John George

(Mug (uncredited))

Theodore Lorch

(Minor Role (uncredited))

Kit Guard

(Minor Role (uncredited))

Gordon Dumont

(Reporter (uncredited))

William A. Boardway

(Wedding Guest (uncredited))

Leila McIntyre

(Mrs. Ryan (uncredited))

Wedgwood Nowell

(Wedding Guest (uncredited))

Charles Wagenheim

(Mr. Cohn (uncredited))

Constance Weiler

(Cigarette Girl (uncredited))

Paul E. Burns

(Mr. Smith (uncredited))

Tom Coleman

(Reporter in Utility Office (uncredited))

Louis Mercier

(Soldier in Parade (uncredited))

Alexander Pollard

(Waiter at Wedding Reception (uncredited))

Georges Renavent

(Jeweler (uncredited))

Al Thompson

(Mug (uncredited))

Arthur Tovey

(Dance Hall Patron (uncredited))