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.
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Cast
16 people
Helen Morgan
Lola Fagan
Known for
Show Boat
Charles Ruggles
Willie Bindbugel
Known for
Bringing Up Baby
The Bullwinkle Show
Ben Hecht
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Actors and Sin
Hobart Henley
Walter Wanger
William O. Steiner
Fred Kohler
Sam Horner
Known for
Underworld
The Iron Horse
Helene Turner
Jimmy Durante
Daffy (as Durante)
Known for
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Louis Clayton
Joe
Known for
Equinox
Eddie Jackson
Moe
Also in
Music for Millions
Joe King
John Hanson
Known for
The Walking Dead
Bullets or Ballots
Hobart Henley Director · Ben Hecht Story Dashiell Hammett Author
United States release February 15, 1930 · Produced in United States
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Distribution
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Release dates
United States · February 15, 1930
Theatrical
United States
February 23, 1930 · Theatrical
Ireland
January 16, 1931
Japan
July 1, 1930
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