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
Edward Hearn
as Policeman in Pursuing Car (uncredited)
Pat O'Malley
as Federal Agent (uncredited)
Stanley Price
as Sonny's Henchman (uncredited)
Lionel Barrymore
as Dr. Josiah Glass
Chester Morris
as Jeff Crane
Paul Hurst
as Rufe Parker
Zeffie Tilbury
as Deaf Woman in Scottsdale Bar (uncredited)
Joseph Calleia
as Sonny 'Dinkie' Black
Frank Moran
as Moran - Prison Guard (uncredited)
Russ Powell
as McGinnis - Hotel Bartender (uncredited)
William Worthington
as Prison Board Member (uncredited)
Cora Sue Collins
as Little Girl (uncredited)
Lewis Stone
as Prison Warden
Bert Roach
as Salesman on Bus Annoying Terry (uncredited)
Dorothy Vernon
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
John George
as Convict (uncredited)
Al Hill
as Al - Sonny's Henchman (uncredited)
William Irving
as Federal Agent (uncredited)
James C. Morton
as Road House Patron (uncredited)
Frank Rice
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
Billy Sullivan
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
William Bailey
as Federal Agent (uncredited)
Tammany Young
as Bartender (uncredited)
Brooks Benedict
as Bar Patron (uncredited)
John Kelly
as Federal Agent / Truck Driver Smuggling Gun (uncredited)
Anderson Lawler
as Higgins - Federal Agent (uncredited)
Greta Meyer
as Glass' Housekeeper (uncredited)
Nell Craig
as Duff's Secretary with Telegram (uncredited)
Frank Darien
as Dr. Hale - Plastic Surgeon (uncredited)
Jonathan Hale
as Prison Board Member (uncredited)
Henry Hall
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Frank McGlynn Jr.
as Federal Agent (uncredited)
George E. Stone
as Butch
Paul Kelly
as Special Agent James Duff
Lane Chandler
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
Larry Wheat
as Andrews - Prison Board Member (uncredited)
Gladden James
as Federal Agent (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
as Tower Guard with Machine Gun (uncredited)
Carl Stockdale
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
Landers Stevens
as Federal Man (uncredited)
Jack Pennick
as Bus Driver (uncredited)
Teru Shimada
as Sam - Sonny's Japanese Houseboy (uncredited)
Ed Brady
as Convict in Prison (uncredited)
James Flavin
as Flavin - Federal Agent (uncredited)
Arthur Housman
as Scottsdale Bar Drunk (uncredited)
Selmer Jackson
as Simpson - Prison Board Member (uncredited)
Jean Arthur
as Maria Theresa 'Terry' O'Reilly
Helene Costello
as Convict Wife (uncredited)
Lillian Harmer
as Mrs. Higgins (uncredited)
