The Hoodlum Saint

Apr 4, 1946

1h 31m

★ 5.2

WAS IT THE SOCIETY BEAUTY OR THE NIGHT CLUB SINGER?

Overview

A former reporter comes back home after serving in the army during World War I and finds that it's much more difficult to find work than he expected. Desperate, one day he crashes a wedding attended by many of the city's rich and powerful, meets a beautiful girl named Kay who turns out to be his ticket to meeting those rich and powerful people, and he soon manages to land a job on a newspaper. He gets caught up in the "make money at all costs" game but receives a rude awakening when the stock market crashes in 1929.

Genres

Drama

Music

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Cast

Terence Ellerton 'Terry' O'Neill

William Powell

Kay Lorrison

Esther Williams

Dusty Millard

Angela Lansbury

Snarp

James Gleason

Father Nolan

Lewis Stone

Fishface

Rags Ragland

Three Finger

Frank McHugh

Eel

Slim Summerville

Father O'Doul

Roman Bohnen

Cy Nolan - O'Neill's Secretary

Charles Arnt

Mike Flaherty

Louis Jean Heydt

Uncle Joe Lorrison

Charles Trowbridge

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