Lights of New York
"The first "All Talking" picture"
Eddie is conned into fronting a speakeasy for a local gangster who intends to frame him for the murder of a cop.
"The first "All Talking" picture"
Eddie is conned into fronting a speakeasy for a local gangster who intends to frame him for the murder of a cop.
Helene Costello
Kitty Lewis
Cullen Landis
Eddie Morgan
Mary Carr
Mrs. Morgan
Wheeler Oakman
Hawk Miller
Gladys Brockwell
Molly Thompson
Robert Elliott
Detective Crosby
Eugene Pallette
Gene
Tom Dugan
Sam
Tom McGuire
Collins
Eddie is conned into fronting a speakeasy for a local gangster who intends to frame him for the murder of a cop.
After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie Bartlett becomes a cab driver. Eddie builds a fleet of cabs through delivery of bootleg liquor and hires Lloyd as his lawyer. George becomes Eddie's partner and the rackets flourish until love and rivalry interfere.
Two young Chicago hoodlums, Tom Powers and Matt Doyle, rise up from their poverty-stricken slum life to become petty thieves, bootleggers and cold-blooded killers. But with street notoriety and newfound wealth, the duo feels the heat from the cops and rival gangsters both. Despite his ruthless criminal reputation, Tom tries to remain connected to his family, however, gang warfare and the need for revenge eventually pull him away.
A brash young lawyer takes a short-term, high-paying job as bodyguard for a slick business exec being threatened by a former partner, and quickly realizes he may be in over his head.
An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court.
Ruth Ellis lives with her ten-year old son Andy next to a night club. One night she meets David Blakely, and they start a love affair. However, for David with his upper-class background, it is impossible to uphold the relationship. He breaks up with her, something which makes Ellis, obsessed by him, very upset.
After years of investigation, Assistant District Attorney Martin Ferguson has managed to build a solid case against an elusive gangster whose top lieutenant is about to testify.
After being framed for a policeman's murder, a criminal escapes prison and sets out for revenge.
The lives of a young man and woman, an infamous gangster and a group of street kids converge one day in a volatile New York City slum.
A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?
A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism of his criminal activities and decides to frame the reporter for manslaughter in order to silence him.