01 Aug 2014
Jigarthanda
A budding director endeavors to research a merciless gangster for making a film on gangsterism. But his secret attempts to conduct the research fail when he gets caught for snooping.
Blondie Johnson
LOVE made her beautiful... WANT made her daring... MEN made her ruthless!
A Depression-downtrodden waif uses her brains instead of her body to rise from tyro con artist to crime boss.
Top Billed Cast
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)
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