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The Hoodlum Saint

"WAS IT THE SOCIETY BEAUTY OR THE NIGHT CLUB SINGER?"

A former reporter comes back home after serving in the army during World War I and finds that it's much more difficult to find work than he expected. Desperate, one day he crashes a wedding attended by many of the city's rich and powerful, meets a beautiful girl named Kay who turns out to be his ticket to meeting those rich and powerful people, and he soon manages to land a job on a newspaper. He gets caught up in the "make money at all costs" game but receives a rude awakening when the stock market crashes in 1929.

Top Cast

  • William Powell

    William Powell

    Terence Ellerton 'Terry' O'Neill

  • Esther Williams

    Esther Williams

    Kay Lorrison

  • Angela Lansbury

    Angela Lansbury

    Dusty Millard

  • James Gleason

    James Gleason

    Snarp

  • Lewis Stone

    Lewis Stone

    Father Nolan

  • Rags Ragland

    Rags Ragland

    Fishface

  • Frank McHugh

    Frank McHugh

    Three Finger

  • Slim Summerville

    Slim Summerville

    Eel

  • Roman Bohnen

    Roman Bohnen

    Father O'Doul

Overview

A former reporter comes back home after serving in the army during World War I and finds that it's much more difficult to find work than he expected. Desperate, one day he crashes a wedding attended by many of the city's rich and powerful, meets a beautiful girl named Kay who turns out to be his ticket to meeting those rich and powerful people, and he soon manages to land a job on a newspaper. He gets caught up in the "make money at all costs" game but receives a rude awakening when the stock market crashes in 1929.

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