The Glass Key (1942)

The Tougher They Are—The Harder They Fall

A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.

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Brian Donlevy

Paul Madvig

Veronica Lake

Janet Henry

Alan Ladd

Ed Beaumont

Bonita Granville

Opal 'Snip' Madvig

Richard Denning

Taylor Henry

Joseph Calleia

Nick Varna

William Bendix

Jeff

Frances Gifford

Nurse

Donald MacBride

Farr

Margaret Hayes

Eloise Matthews

Moroni Olsen

Ralph Henry

Eddie Marr

Rusty

Arthur Loft

Clyde Matthews

George Meader

Claude Tuttle

William Benedict

Farr's Receptionist (uncredited)

Dane Clark

Henry Sloss (uncredited)

Tom Fadden

Basement Club Waiter (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Henrys' Dinner Guest (uncredited)

Chuck Hamilton

Policeman (uncredited)

James Millican

Politician (uncredited)

Bert Moorhouse

Man at Campaign Headquarters (uncredited)

Lillian Randolph

Basement Club Entertainer (uncredited)

Norma Varden

Henrys' Dinner Guest (uncredited)

Brooks Benedict

Man at Campaign Headquarters (uncredited)

C

Conrad Binyon

Stubby (uncredited)

F

Frank Bruno

Reporter (uncredited)

K

Kenneth Chryst

Man in Barroom (uncredited)

Edmund Cobb

Reporter Carrying Papers (uncredited)

Maurice Costello

Card Player (uncredited)

G

George Cowl

Butler #2 in Henry Home (uncredited)

J

John W. De Noria

Groggins (uncredited)

Vernon Dent

Bartender Serving Beers (uncredited)

Frank Elliott

Peter (uncredited)

J

J.C. Fowler

Henrys' Dinner Guest (uncredited)

J

Jack Gardner

Reporter (uncredited)

Kit Guard

Basement Club Barfly (uncredited)

Frank Hagney

Strongarm Thug Escorting Sloss (uncredited)

Louis Jean Heydt

Man watching dice throw (uncredited)

Arthur Stuart Hull

Henrys' Dinner Guest (uncredited)

Joe King

Fisher (uncredited)

P

Paul Le Pere

Reporter (uncredited)

Theodore Lorch

Dinner Guest (uncredited)

Jack Luden

Reporter (uncredited)

Wilbur Mack

Man at Campaign Headquarters (uncredited)

Joe McGuinn

Reporter (uncredited)

E

Edmund Mortimer

Man at Campaign Headquarters (uncredited)

Jack Mulhall

Lynch (uncredited)

Spec O'Donnell

Campaign Headquarters Usher (uncredited)

Broderick O'Farrell

Henrys' Dinner Guest (uncredited)

T

Tom O'Grady

Henrys' Dinner Guest (uncredited)

Pat O'Malley

Politician (uncredited)

Stanley Price

Basement Club Barfly (uncredited)

Cyril Ring

Campaign Headquarters Waiter (uncredited)

F

Francis Sayles

Seedy-Looking Man at Campaign Headquarters (uncredited)

J

Jack Shea

Policeman (uncredited)

B

Bruce Sidney

Dinner Guest (uncredited)

B

Brick Sullivan

Joe (uncredited)

Charles Sullivan

Cabbie (uncredited)

George Turner

Dr. Redmond (uncredited)

W

William Wagner

Butler (uncredited)

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