

A Depression-downtrodden waif uses her brains instead of her body to rise from tyro con artist to crime boss.

Joan Blondell
Virginia M. "Blondie" Johnson

Chester Morris
R. Burton "Danny" Jones

Allen Jenkins
Louie

Earle Foxe
Al Scannel

Claire Dodd
Gladys LaMann

Mae Busch
Mae

Joseph Cawthorn
Jewelry Store Manager (as Joe Cawthorn)

Olin Howland
Eddie

Sterling Holloway
Red Charley

Toshia Mori
Lulu

Arthur Vinton
Max Wagner

Donald Kirke
Joe

Maurice Black
Tony (uncredited)

Naomi Childers
Welfare Secretary (uncredited)

Charles Dow Clark
Welfare Interviewer (uncredited)
Helena Phillips Evans
Police Matron (uncredited)
Sam Godfrey
Freddie (uncredited)

Betty Jane Graham
Child Outside Tenement (uncredited)
Ben Hall
Newsboy (uncredited)

John Ince
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Ray Enright
Earl Baldwin
Released