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Edward G. Robinson | Detective Johnny Blake | |
Joan Blondell | Lee Morgan | |
Barton MacLane | Al Kruger | |
Humphrey Bogart | Nick 'Bugs' Fenner | |
Frank McHugh | Herman McCloskey | |
Henry O'Neill | Ward Bryant, Newspaper Publisher | |
Joseph Crehan | Johnson | |
George E. Stone | Wires Kagel | |
Joseph King | ||
Richard Purcell | ||
Joe King | Capt. Dan 'Mac' McLaren | |
Dick Purcell | Ed Driscoll | |
Bobby Jones | ||
O.B. Keeler | ||
Joe E. Brown | ||
Henry Kolker | Mr. Hollister | |
Gilbert Emery | Mr. Thorndyke | |
Herbert Rawlinson | Mr. Caldwell | |
Louise Beavers | Nellie LaFleur | |
Norman Willis | Louie Vinci |
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Producer | Louis F. Edelman
Hal B. Wallis Jack L. Warner |
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Writer | Seton I. Miller
Martin Mooney |
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Cinematography | Hal Mohr
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"They rule by the fear of their guns. They must be stopped by the power of your ballots." They refers to Bugs Fenner and other mobsters whose illicit rackets will be smashed to smithereens by undercover cop Johnny Blake. When Warner Bros.' Depression-era gangster movies began to draw protests, the studio reinvigorated the genre with stories emphasizing law enforcers instead of lawbreakers. The swift, sturdy Bullets or Ballots reflects that, with Edward G. Robinson (as Blake) siding with the good guys for the first time in a gangland saga. Humphrey Bogart plays the short-fused Fenner. And Joan Blondell and Louise Beavers, in an unusual story element for the times, are thriving numbers operators whose grift is usurped by the mob. Director: William Keighley Starring: Edward G. Robinson, Joan Blondell, Barton MacLane, Humphrey Bogart, Frank McHugh |
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