A bandleader tries to romance a dancer by sending her boyfriend, a musician, out of town. However, things get complicated when he finds out that a gangster has designs on her too.
Acting
Miriam Hopkins burns through every frame like it's her last.
Costume
Pre-Code fashion that screams 'we're getting away with this.'
Writing
Dialogue so sharp it barely survived the censors.
Director
David Burton
Miriam Hopkins
Gloria Bishop
Jack Oakie
Duke Taylor
William Collier Jr.
Floyd Stevens
Eugene Pallette
Gus
Lyda Roberti
Fanny Zabowolski
George Raft
Louie Brooks
Maurice Black
Max
DeWitt Jennings
Police Sergeant McGroody
Paul Fix
Benny
Mary Gordon
Scrubwoman
James Bradbury Jr.
Happy - Trombonist
Jesse De Vorska
Dance Hall Customer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
George Raft's early bit part here helped land his iconic role in 'Scarface' the same year—Hollywood's original gangster prototype was busy.
This is pre-Code on life support: released March 1932, just months before the Production Code enforcement hammer dropped in July.
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