Public Hero Number 1
Crime
Drama
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.
1935-05-31
en
Cast
Lionel Barrymore as Dr. Josiah Glass
Jean Arthur as Maria Theresa 'Terry' O'Reilly
Chester Morris as Jeff Crane
Joseph Calleia as Sonny 'Dinkie' Black
Paul Kelly as Special Agent James Duff
Lewis Stone as Prison Warden
Paul Hurst as Rufe Parker
George E. Stone as Butch
William Bailey as Federal Agent (uncredited)
Brooks Benedict as Bar Patron (uncredited)
Ed Brady as Convict in Prison (uncredited)
Lane Chandler as Train Conductor (uncredited)
Cora Sue Collins as Little Girl (uncredited)
Helene Costello as Convict Wife (uncredited)
Nell Craig as Duff's Secretary with Telegram (uncredited)
Frank Darien as Dr. Hale - Plastic Surgeon (uncredited)
James Flavin as Flavin - Federal Agent (uncredited)
John George as Convict (uncredited)
Jonathan Hale as Prison Board Member (uncredited)
Henry Hall as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Lillian Harmer as Mrs. Higgins (uncredited)
Edward Hearn as Policeman in Pursuing Car (uncredited)
Al Hill as Al - Sonny's Henchman (uncredited)
Arthur Housman as Scottsdale Bar Drunk (uncredited)
William Irving as Federal Agent (uncredited)
Selmer Jackson as Simpson - Prison Board Member (uncredited)
Gladden James as Federal Agent (uncredited)
John Kelly as Federal Agent / Truck Driver Smuggling Gun (uncredited)
Anderson Lawler as Higgins - Federal Agent (uncredited)
Frank McGlynn Jr. as Federal Agent (uncredited)
Greta Meyer as Glass' Housekeeper (uncredited)
Frank Moran as Moran - Prison Guard (uncredited)
James C. Morton as Road House Patron (uncredited)
Pat O'Malley as Federal Agent (uncredited)
Jack Pennick as Bus Driver (uncredited)
Lee Phelps as Tower Guard with Machine Gun (uncredited)
Russ Powell as McGinnis - Hotel Bartender (uncredited)
Stanley Price as Sonny's Henchman (uncredited)
Frank Rice as Cab Driver (uncredited)
Bert Roach as Salesman on Bus Annoying Terry (uncredited)
Teru Shimada as Sam - Sonny's Japanese Houseboy (uncredited)
Landers Stevens as Federal Man (uncredited)
Carl Stockdale as Train Conductor (uncredited)
Billy Sullivan as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Zeffie Tilbury as Deaf Woman in Scottsdale Bar (uncredited)
Dorothy Vernon as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Larry Wheat as Andrews - Prison Board Member (uncredited)
William Worthington as Prison Board Member (uncredited)
Tammany Young as Bartender (uncredited)