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  Howard Hawks

  regizor

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  Ben Hecht

  scenarist

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  Paul Muni

  Antonio 'Tony' Camonte
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  Boris Karloff

  Gaffney
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  Maurice Black

  Jim, headwaiter
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  Virginia Dabney

  Mabel
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  William Burress

  Judge (alternate ending)
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  Francis Ford (I)

  Prison guard (alternate ending)

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  Purnell Pratt

  Mr. Garston, publisher
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  Vince Barnett

  Angelo
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  Henry Armetta

  Pietro, barber
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  Gino Corrado

  Waiter at Columbia Cafe
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  Eddie Fetherston

  Reporter
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  Dennis O'Keefe

  Dance extra
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  Paul Fix

  Hood with Gaffney

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  William Davidson

  Citizens Committee member
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  Brandon Hurst

  Citizens Committee member
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  Tully Marshall

  Managing editor
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  Howard Hawks

  Man on bed
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  Ann Dvorak

  Francesca 'Cesca' Camonte
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  C. Henry Gordon

  Insp. Ben Guarino
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  Edwin Maxwell

  Chief of detectives
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  Karen Morley

  Poppy
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  Harry Tenbrook

  Costillo's hood
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  George Raft

  Guino Rinaldo
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  Inez Palange

  Tony's Mother
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  Osgood Perkins

  Johnny Lovo

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  Howard Hughes

  producator
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  Armitage Trail

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