The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.

Edward J. 'Blackie' Gallagher

Jim Wade

Eleanor Packer

Father Joe

Spud

Poppa Rosen

Annabelle

Tootsie Malone

Asst. Dist. Atty. Richard Snow

Miss Adams

Manny Arnold

Jim Wade as a Boy

Blackie as a Boy

Singer in Cotton Club

Young Spud (uncredited)

Blackie's Defense Attorney (uncredited)

Trotskyite Slapping Poppa Rosen

Speaker of Assembly (uncredited)

Al Barnes (uncredited)

Announcer (uncredited)
May 4, 1934

Edward J. 'Blackie' Gallagher

Jim Wade

Eleanor Packer

Father Joe

Spud

Poppa Rosen

Annabelle

Tootsie Malone

Asst. Dist. Atty. Richard Snow

Miss Adams

Manny Arnold

Jim Wade as a Boy

Blackie as a Boy

Singer in Cotton Club

Young Spud (uncredited)

Blackie's Defense Attorney (uncredited)

Trotskyite Slapping Poppa Rosen

Speaker of Assembly (uncredited)

Al Barnes (uncredited)

Announcer (uncredited)
