Bullets or Ballots
WHO Rules The Rackets ? This picture puts the finger on the political higher-ups!
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.
Director William Keighley
Trailer
Cast
Ben Hendricks Jr.
Mounted Police Sgt. Donlan (uncredited)
Norman Willis
Louie Vinci
Ralph Dunn
Policeman Getting Papers from Fire (uncredited)
Alma Lloyd
Woman in Curlers Who Won (uncredited)
Rosalind Marquis
Specialty (uncredited)
Carlyle Moore Jr.
Kruger's Secretary (uncredited)
Addison Richards
William Kennedy - Newsreel Narrator (uncredited)
Charles Sherlock
Detective (uncredited)
Humphrey Bogart
Bugs Fenner
Herbert Rawlinson
Mr. Caldwell
Eddy Chandler
Policeman (uncredited)
Howard M. Mitchell
Police Official (uncredited)
Edward G. Robinson
Johnny Blake
Virginia Dabney
Mary - Dancer for Lee (uncredited)
Leo White
Waiter (uncredited)
Jay Eaton
Man Sitting with Lee (uncredited)
Edwin Stanley
Judge in Newsreel (uncredited)
Max Wagner
Actor Impersonating Kruger in Newsreel (uncredited)
Joan Blondell
Lee Morgan
Joseph Crehan
Grand Jury Spokesman
Henry O'Neill
Ward Bryant
Frank Faylen
Gatley - Pinball Racketeer (uncredited)
Tom Wilson
Jailer (uncredited)
Henry Kolker
Mr. Hollister
Gilbert Emery
Mr. Thorndyke
George Beranger
Waiter (uncredited)
Oliver Eckhardt
Grand Jury Member (uncredited)
John Tyrrell
Red (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes
Doorman (uncredited)
Lon Poff
Grand Jury Member (uncredited)
Victoria Vinton
Theater Ticket Seller (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee
Jury Foreman in Newsreel (uncredited)
Frances Morris
Beauty Attendant (uncredited)
Lew Harvey
Gangster Muscling in on Lee (uncredited)
Al Hill
Pinball Distributor (uncredited)
Louise Beavers
Nellie LaFleur
Dick Purcell
Ed Driscoll
Frank Marlowe
Kruger's Chauffeur (uncredited)
Barton MacLane
Al Kruger
Bill Elliott
Hunter - Bank Worker (uncredited)
Frank McHugh
Herman
Joe King
Dan 'Mac' McLaren
Edna Mae Harris
Rose - Lee's Maid (uncredited)
Paul Kruger
Juror (uncredited)
Anne Nagel
Bank Secretary (uncredited)
William Pawley
Crail - Ex Con (uncredited)
George E. Stone
Wires Kagel
George Lloyd
Man (uncredited)
Garry Owen
The Spotter (uncredited)
Tom Brower
Police Captain (uncredited)
Cy Schindell
Bookie Who Throws Bag (uncredited)