Man Of The People

Jan 27, 1937

1h 21m

★ 7.0

The romance of a fighting man!

Overview

An Italian immigrant studying the law gets mixed up with crooks.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Cast

Jack Moreno

Joseph Calleia

Abbey Reid

Florence Rice

William J. Grady

Thomas Mitchell

Joe "The Glut" Dwyer

Ted Healy

Hattie Reid

Catherine Doucet

Carter Spetner

Jonathan Hale

Edward Spetner

Edward Nugent

Stringer

Paul Stanton

Joseph B. Murphy

Robert Emmett Keane

Marie Rosetti

Jane Barnes

Benny Silvers

Noel Madison

Governor

Selmer Jackson

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