Bullets or Ballots
Bullets or Ballots
Release: 1936-06-06
·Runtime: 82m
·★ 6.6
Crime
Drama
After Police Captain Dan McLaren becomes police commissioner, former detective Johnny Blake publicly punches him, convincing rackets boss Al Kruger that Blake is sincere in his effort to join the mob. "Bugs" Fenner, meanwhile, is certain that Blake is a police agent.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Warner Bros. Pictures
Cast
Edward G. Robinson
as Johnny Blake
Joan Blondell
as Lee Morgan
Barton MacLane
as Al Kruger
Humphrey Bogart
as Bugs Fenner
Frank McHugh
as Herman
Joe King
as Dan 'Mac' McLaren
Dick Purcell
as Ed Driscoll
George E. Stone
as Wires Kagel
Joseph Crehan
as Grand Jury Spokesman
Henry O'Neill
as Ward Bryant
Henry Kolker
as Mr. Hollister
Gilbert Emery
as Mr. Thorndyke
Herbert Rawlinson
as Mr. Caldwell
Louise Beavers
as Nellie LaFleur
Norman Willis
as Louie Vinci
George Beranger
as Waiter (uncredited)
Tom Brower
as Police Captain (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler
as Policeman (uncredited)
Virginia Dabney
as Mary - Dancer for Lee (uncredited)
Ralph Dunn
as Policeman Getting Papers from Fire (uncredited)
Jay Eaton
as Man Sitting with Lee (uncredited)
Oliver Eckhardt
as Grand Jury Member (uncredited)
Bill Elliott
as Hunter - Bank Worker (uncredited)
Frank Faylen
as Gatley - Pinball Racketeer (uncredited)
Edna Mae Harris
as Rose - Lee's Maid (uncredited)
Lew Harvey
as Gangster Muscling in on Lee (uncredited)
Ben Hendricks Jr.
as Mounted Police Sgt. Donlan (uncredited)
Al Hill
as Pinball Distributor (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes
as Doorman (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee
as Jury Foreman in Newsreel (uncredited)
Paul Kruger
as Juror (uncredited)
Alma Lloyd
as Woman in Curlers Who Won (uncredited)
George Lloyd
as Man (uncredited)
Frank Marlowe
as Kruger's Chauffeur (uncredited)
Rosalind Marquis
as Specialty (uncredited)
Howard M. Mitchell
as Police Official (uncredited)
Carlyle Moore Jr.
as Kruger's Secretary (uncredited)
Frances Morris
as Beauty Attendant (uncredited)
Anne Nagel
as Bank Secretary (uncredited)
Garry Owen
as The Spotter (uncredited)
William Pawley
as Crail - Ex Con (uncredited)
Lon Poff
as Grand Jury Member (uncredited)
Addison Richards
as William Kennedy - Newsreel Narrator (uncredited)
Cy Schindell
as Bookie Who Throws Bag (uncredited)
Charles Sherlock
as Detective (uncredited)
Edwin Stanley
as Judge in Newsreel (uncredited)
John Tyrrell
as Red (uncredited)
Victoria Vinton
as Theater Ticket Seller (uncredited)
Leo White
as Waiter (uncredited)
Tom Wilson
as Jailer (uncredited)