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Status
Released
Release
1951
Runtime
1h 53m
"A man with a thirst for trouble!"
Alcoholic newspaperman Lew Marsh hits bottom, loses his job and is rehabilitated by Charley Dolan. After six years on the wagon he gets his job back and devotes himself to other recovering alcoholics.
35 Cast Members
James Cagney
Lew Marsh
Phyllis Thaxter
Paula Copeland
Raymond Massey
John Ives
James Gleason
Charley Dolan
Gig Young
Boyd Copeland
Selena Royle
Mrs. Dolly Copeland
Larry Keating
Julian Cuscaden
Charlita
Maria Diego
Sheldon Leonard
Lennie Garr
Douglas Spencer
Ike Bashaw
John Kellogg
Don Bell
William Bakewell
Hal Ortman
John Alvin
Travis Ashbourne - Reporter
Jack Carr
Cully Yates (uncredited)
Henry Blair
Bobby - Copy Boy(uncredited)
Oliver Blake
Al - Bartender at Blue Pencil(uncredited)
Morgan Brown
Bartender (uncredited)
Steve Carruthers
Steve - Newspaperman (uncredited)
King Donovan
Kip Zunches (uncredited)
James Flavin
Russ - Homicide Captain (uncredited)
