Gangs of Chicago (1940)
WHICH IS GUILTIER?...the defendant or the mouthpiece who knows that his client is guilty?
A criminal uses his knowledge of the law for his not-very-legal purposes, betraying friends along the way.
- Date of release
- 1940-05-18
- TMDB
- 5.8 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 1h 6m
- Genres
- Drama, Crime
- Director
- Arthur Lubin
Casting
- Lloyd Nolan — Matthew J. 'Matty' Burns
- Barton MacLane — Jim Ramsey
- Ray Middleton — Bill Whitaker
- Lola Lane — June Whitaker
- Howard Hickman — Judge Whitaker
- Leona Roberts — Mrs. Whitaker
- Astrid Allwyn — Virginia Brandt
- Charles Halton — Bromo
- Addison Richards — Evans
- John Harmon — Rabbit
- Horace McMahon — Cry-Baby
- Dwight Frye — Pinky
Interesting facts
For Gangs based in Chicago see Gangs in Chicago
Production
The film was announced in March 1940 with Nolan and Lubin attached. Lubin had just finished directing Black Friday. Filming started in late March 1940. It was shot at Grand National Studios.
It was one of the last appearances of Dwight Frye.
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