Prohibition is ending so bootlegger Bugs Ahearn decides to crack California society. He leases a house from down-on-her-luck Ruth and hires her as social secretary. He rescues Polly Cass from a horsefall and goes home to meet her dad who sells him some phony stock certificates. When he learns about this he sends to Chicago for mob help.
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Edward G. Robinson as James Francis 'Bugs' / 'Jim' Ahearn
Mary Astor as Ruth Wayburn
Helen Vinson as Polly Cass
Russell Hopton as Albert J. 'Al' Daniels
Kenneth Thomson as John Stanley
Shirley Grey as Edith Merriam
Berton Churchill as Donald Hadley Cass
Don Dillaway as Gordon Cass
Louise Mackintosh as Mrs. Donald Hadley Cass
Lester Dorr as Investment Clerk (uncredited)
Bill Elliott as Guest at Polly's Party (uncredited)
Selmer Jackson as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Jayne Shadduck as Society Girl (uncredited)
Dewey Robinson as Butch
Sidney Bracey as Butler
Charles Coleman as Tailor
Toby Wing as Society Girl (uncredited)
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