Bullets or Ballots

Bullets or Ballots (1936)

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.

Date of release
1936-06-06
TMDB
6.6 / 10 (54)
Runtime
1h 22m
Genres
Crime, Drama
Director
William Keighley

Casting

Interesting facts

Bullets or Ballots is a 1936 American crime thriller film starring Edward G. Robinson, Joan Blondell, Barton MacLane, and Humphrey Bogart. Robinson plays a police detective who infiltrates a crime gang. This is the first of several films featuring both Robinson and Bogart.

Production

Edward G. Robinson and Humphrey Bogart went on to make four more films together: Kid Galahad (1937) with Bette Davis and Harry Carey, The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938), Brother Orchid (1940) with Ralph Bellamy and Key Largo (1948) with Lauren Bacall, Claire Trevor and Lionel Barrymore.

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