Bullets or Ballots
Crime
Drama
WHO Rules The Rackets ? This picture puts the finger on the political higher-ups!
After Police Captain Dan McLaren becomes police commissioner, former detective Johnny Blake publicly punches him, convincing rackets boss Al Kruger that Blake is sincere in his effort to join the mob. "Bugs" Fenner, meanwhile, is certain that Blake is a police agent.
1936-06-06
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Cast
Director
William Keighley
Edward G. Robinson as Johnny Blake
Joan Blondell as Lee Morgan
Barton MacLane as Al Kruger
Humphrey Bogart as Bugs Fenner
Frank McHugh as Herman
Joe King as Dan 'Mac' McLaren
Dick Purcell as Ed Driscoll
George E. Stone as Wires Kagel
Joseph Crehan as Grand Jury Spokesman
Henry O'Neill as Ward Bryant
Henry Kolker as Mr. Hollister
Gilbert Emery as Mr. Thorndyke
Herbert Rawlinson as Mr. Caldwell
Louise Beavers as Nellie LaFleur
Norman Willis as Louie Vinci
George Beranger as Waiter (uncredited)
Tom Brower as Police Captain (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler as Policeman (uncredited)
Virginia Dabney as Mary - Dancer for Lee (uncredited)
Ralph Dunn as Policeman Getting Papers from Fire (uncredited)
Jay Eaton as Man Sitting with Lee (uncredited)
Oliver Eckhardt as Grand Jury Member (uncredited)
Bill Elliott as Hunter - Bank Worker (uncredited)
Frank Faylen as Gatley - Pinball Racketeer (uncredited)
Edna Mae Harris as Rose - Lee's Maid (uncredited)
Lew Harvey as Gangster Muscling in on Lee (uncredited)
Ben Hendricks Jr. as Mounted Police Sgt. Donlan (uncredited)
Al Hill as Pinball Distributor (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes as Doorman (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee as Jury Foreman in Newsreel (uncredited)
Paul Kruger as Juror (uncredited)
Alma Lloyd as Woman in Curlers Who Won (uncredited)
George Lloyd as Man (uncredited)
Frank Marlowe as Kruger's Chauffeur (uncredited)
Rosalind Marquis as Specialty (uncredited)
Howard M. Mitchell as Police Official (uncredited)
Carlyle Moore Jr. as Kruger's Secretary (uncredited)
Frances Morris as Beauty Attendant (uncredited)
Anne Nagel as Bank Secretary (uncredited)
Garry Owen as The Spotter (uncredited)
William Pawley as Crail - Ex Con (uncredited)
Lon Poff as Grand Jury Member (uncredited)
Addison Richards as William Kennedy - Newsreel Narrator (uncredited)
Cy Schindell as Bookie Who Throws Bag (uncredited)
Charles Sherlock as Detective (uncredited)
Edwin Stanley as Judge in Newsreel (uncredited)
John Tyrrell as Red (uncredited)
Victoria Vinton as Theater Ticket Seller (uncredited)
Max Wagner as Actor Impersonating Kruger in Newsreel (uncredited)
Leo White as Waiter (uncredited)
Tom Wilson as Jailer (uncredited)