The Tougher They Are—The Harder They Fall
A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.
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Character
Classical in form, earnest, grave and plot-driven.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- warmbleak
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Cast
- Brian DonlevyPaul Madvig
- Veronica LakeJanet Henry
- Alan LaddEd Beaumont
- Bonita GranvilleOpal 'Snip' Madvig
- Richard DenningTaylor Henry
- Joseph CalleiaNick Varna
- William BendixJeff
- Frances GiffordNurse
- Donald MacBrideFarr
- Margaret HayesEloise Matthews
Crew
- Stuart HeislerDirector
- Jonathan LatimerScreenplay
- Dashiell HammettNovel
- Theodor SparkuhlDirector of Photography
- Victor YoungOriginal Music Composer
- Walter ScharfOriginal Music Composer
- Archie MarshekEditor
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