Directed by:
John FordCinematography:
Joseph H. AugustCast:
Edward G. Robinson, Jean Arthur, Arthur Hohl, James Donlan, Arthur Byron, Wallace Ford, Donald Meek, Etienne Girardot, Edward Brophy, Paul Harvey, Tom London (more)Plots(1)
A gangster hides from the law by trading places with a mild-mannered double. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Joe Sawyer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000152_0b2744.jpg)
Joe Sawyer
Canada
Best movies:
The Killing (1956)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Gilda (1946)
![Don Brodie](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000176_21637e.jpg)
Don Brodie
USA
Best movies:
The Great Dictator (1940)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Little Big Man (1970)
Charles Sullivan
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Fury (1936)
![Harry Tenbrook](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/762/159762318_70f863.jpg)
Harry Tenbrook
Norway
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
![Robert Homans](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/480/159480886_ec12f7.jpg)
Robert Homans
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
It Started with Eve (1941)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
![Frank Marlowe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/482/159482484_d4f50a.jpg)
Frank Marlowe
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
The Three Faces of Eve (1957)
In a Lonely Place (1950)
Charles Sherlock
USA
Best movies:
East of Eden (1955)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Storm Warning (1951)
Sherry Hall
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
After the Thin Man (1936)
![Ethan Laidlaw](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/310/161310716_1cb01f.jpg)
Ethan Laidlaw
USA
Best movies:
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Pressure Point (1962)
The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
![Emmett Vogan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/932/159932788_480a5e.jpg)
Emmett Vogan
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
Love Crazy (1941)
Scarlet Street (1945)
Larry Steers
USA
Best movies:
The Gold Rush (1925)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Love Crazy (1941)
![Steve Pendleton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/946/159946562_55ec07.gif)
Steve Pendleton
USA
Best movies:
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
![Lynton Brent](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/018/160018319_aa2fb2.jpg)
Lynton Brent
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
King Kong (1933)
![Stanley Blystone](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/007/160007033_598bc7.jpg)
Stanley Blystone
USA
Best movies:
Modern Times (1936)
The Circus (1928)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
![Carlton Griffin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/048/160048201_8b4093.jpg)
Carlton Griffin
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
It Happened One Night (1934)
Love Is News (1937)
![Kit Guard](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/048/160048228_f6bb4f.jpg)
Kit Guard
Denmark
Best movies:
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
It Happened One Night (1934)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
Hal Price
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
It Happened One Night (1934)
A Night at the Opera (1935)
Ky Robinson
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
It Happened One Night (1934)
![Harry Semels](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/093/160093444_4272a2.jpg)
Harry Semels
USA
Best movies:
The Great Dictator (1940)
Sunrise (1927)
It Happened One Night (1934)
![Billy West](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/110/160110685_15f672.jpg)
Billy West
Russian Empire
Best movies:
4 Clowns (1970) - a.f.
It Happened One Night (1934)
Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)