Public Hero Number 1
Public Hero Number 1
Release: 1935-05-31
·Runtime: 89m
·★ 6.2
Crime
Drama
G-Man Jeff Crane poses as a crook to infiltrate the notorious Purple Gang, a band of hoodlums which preys upon other hoodlums. Orchestrating the jailbreak of the gang's leader, Crane joins him in a Dillinger-like flight across the country.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast
Joseph Calleia
as Sonny 'Dinkie' Black
Frank Darien
as Dr. Hale - Plastic Surgeon (uncredited)
Greta Meyer
as Glass' Housekeeper (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
as Tower Guard with Machine Gun (uncredited)
Chester Morris
as Jeff Crane
William Bailey
as Federal Agent (uncredited)
Arthur Housman
as Scottsdale Bar Drunk (uncredited)
James C. Morton
as Road House Patron (uncredited)
Pat O'Malley
as Federal Agent (uncredited)
Jean Arthur
as Maria Theresa 'Terry' O'Reilly
Lewis Stone
as Prison Warden
Zeffie Tilbury
as Deaf Woman in Scottsdale Bar (uncredited)
Frank Rice
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
William Worthington
as Prison Board Member (uncredited)
Dorothy Vernon
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Larry Wheat
as Andrews - Prison Board Member (uncredited)
Paul Kelly
as Special Agent James Duff
Paul Hurst
as Rufe Parker
Henry Hall
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Nell Craig
as Duff's Secretary with Telegram (uncredited)
John Kelly
as Federal Agent / Truck Driver Smuggling Gun (uncredited)
Lane Chandler
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
Ed Brady
as Convict in Prison (uncredited)
Lillian Harmer
as Mrs. Higgins (uncredited)
Selmer Jackson
as Simpson - Prison Board Member (uncredited)
Billy Sullivan
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Jonathan Hale
as Prison Board Member (uncredited)
Edward Hearn
as Policeman in Pursuing Car (uncredited)
William Irving
as Federal Agent (uncredited)
Stanley Price
as Sonny's Henchman (uncredited)
Brooks Benedict
as Bar Patron (uncredited)
Carl Stockdale
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
Lionel Barrymore
as Dr. Josiah Glass
Helene Costello
as Convict Wife (uncredited)
Gladden James
as Federal Agent (uncredited)
Bert Roach
as Salesman on Bus Annoying Terry (uncredited)
John George
as Convict (uncredited)
Frank Moran
as Moran - Prison Guard (uncredited)
Tammany Young
as Bartender (uncredited)
George E. Stone
as Butch
Anderson Lawler
as Higgins - Federal Agent (uncredited)
Frank McGlynn Jr.
as Federal Agent (uncredited)
Jack Pennick
as Bus Driver (uncredited)
Landers Stevens
as Federal Man (uncredited)
James Flavin
as Flavin - Federal Agent (uncredited)
Al Hill
as Al - Sonny's Henchman (uncredited)
Russ Powell
as McGinnis - Hotel Bartender (uncredited)
Teru Shimada
as Sam - Sonny's Japanese Houseboy (uncredited)
Cora Sue Collins
as Little Girl (uncredited)
