"Happy" MacDonald and his unfaithful wife own a Prohibition era night club. On this eventful night, he is threatened by bootleggers, and the club's star dancer falls in love with a young socialite who drinks to forget a personal tragedy, among other incidents.
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Universal Pictures
Keywords
- gambling
- prohibition era
- blackmail
- pre-code
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Top Cast
Lew Ayres as Michael Rand
Mae Clarke as Ruth Taylor
Boris Karloff as 'Happy' MacDonald
Dorothy Revier as Jill MacDonald
Russell Hopton as Klauss
Hedda Hopper as Mrs. Rand
Clarence Muse as Tim Washington, the Doorman
Dorothy Peterson as Edith Blair
Top Crew
Hobart Henley · Director
Richard Schayer · Screenplay
P.J. Wolfson · Story
Allen Rivkin · Story
Alfred Newman · Composer
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