Handlung
In den Straßen von New Yorks Lower East Side regiert das Verbrechen, denn für viele ist das kriminelle Milieu der einzige Weg aus der Armut und der Hoffnungslosigkeit. Auch Drinas Bruder Tommy droht abzurutschen und so setzt die zielstrebige Schönheit alles daran, ihn vor dem kriminellen Abgrund zu bewahren. Ihre Pläne scheinen jedoch zum Scheitern verurteilt, als der skrupellose Killer "Baby Face" Martin in sein altes Viertel zurückkehrt und Tommy in seine Machenschaften hineinziehen will. Verzweifelt wendet sich Drina an ihren Jugendfreund Dave, doch auch er kann nur helfen, wenn er zu den gleichen Mitteln greift wie Martin. Eine Sackgasse, aus der es kein Entkommen zu geben scheint!
Regie
Besetzung
Sylvia Sidney
Drina
Joel McCrea
Dave
Humphrey Bogart
"Baby Face" Martin
Wendy Barrie
Kay
Claire Trevor
Francey
Allen Jenkins
Hunk
Marjorie Main
Mrs. Martin
Billy Halop
Tommy
Huntz Hall
Dippy
Bobby Jordan
Angel
Leo Gorcey
Spit
Gabriel Dell
T. B.
Bernard Punsly
Milty
Charles Peck
Philip
Minor Watson
Mr. Griswald
James Burke
Mulligan
Ward Bond
Doorman
Elisabeth Risdon
Mrs. Connell
Esther Dale
Mrs. Fenner
George Humbert
Pascagli
Marcelle Corday
Governess
Don 'Red' Barry
Dr. Flynn, Intern (uncredited)
Wade Boteler
Policeman at Killing (uncredited)
Al Bridge
Policeman in Drina's Apartment (uncredited)
G. Pat Collins
Detective at Killing (uncredited)
Thomas E. Jackson
Police Lieutenant at Killing (uncredited)
Tom Ricketts
Old Man (uncredited)
Walter Soderling
Coroner at Killing (uncredited)
Earl Askam
Griswald's Chauffeur (uncredited)
Gilbert Clayton
Man with Weak Voice (uncredited)
Jerry Cooper
Baby (uncredited)
Bill Dagwell
Drunk (uncredited)
Bud Geary
Kay's Chauffeur (uncredited)
Charles Halton
Whitey (uncredited)
Robert Homans
Policeman on Morning Beat (uncredited)
Esther Howard
Neighbor with Coarse Voice (uncredited)
Kathryn Ann Lujan
Milty's Sister (uncredited)
Mona Monet
Nurse (uncredited)
Gertrude Valerie
Old Lady with Old Man (uncredited)
Charlotte Treadway
Woman with Poodle (uncredited)
Maude Lambert
Woman with Poodle (uncredited)
Lucile Browne
Well-Dressed Woman (uncredited)
Frank Shields
Well-Dressed Man (uncredited)
Wesley Giraud
Tough Boy Looking for Fight (uncredited)
Mickey Martin
Tough Boy Looking for Fight (uncredited)
Payne B. Johnson
Boy on Dock (uncredited)
Sidney Kibrick
Boy (uncredited)
Larry Harris
Boy (uncredited)
Norman Salling
Boy (uncredited)
Hugh Sheridan
Boy (uncredited)
Tom Randall
Boy (uncredited)
Audrey Carol
Girl (uncredited)
Paula Hariette Levy
Girl (uncredited)