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CRIME

DRAMA

ROMANCE

An alcoholic lawyer who successfully defended a notorious gambler on a murder charge objects when his free-spirited daughter becomes romantically involved with him.

name	character
Roscoe Ates	Man Shot at in Men's Room (uncredited)
Lionel Barrymore	Stephen Ashe
Lucy Beaumont	Grandma Ashe
Ann Brody	Hamburger Saleslady (uncredited)
Edward Brophy	Slouch (uncredited)
James Donlan	Reporter (uncredited)
Bess Flowers	Birthday Party Guest (uncredited)
Francis Ford	Skid Row Drunk (uncredited)
Clark Gable	Ace Wilfong
James Gleason	Eddie
Leslie Howard	Dwight Winthrop
George Irving	Defense Attorney Johnson (uncredited)
Edward LeSaint	Judge (uncredited)
Sam McDaniel	Casino Valet (uncredited)
Norma Shearer	Jan Ashe
Frank Sheridan	Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)
Larry Steers	Casino Official Ed (uncredited)
Carl Stockdale	Drug Store Proprietor (uncredited)
E. Alyn Warren	Ace's Butler Bottomley (uncredited)

name
Clarence Brown	director
Becky Gardiner	screenplay
Adela Rogers St. Johns	writer (original)
Willard Mack	writer (original)
Irving Thalberg	producer

year	award	category	name
1931	Academy Award	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Lionel Barrymore