Public Hero Number 1

• 6.2 Crime
• 1935-05-31
• 89 minutes mins

G-Man Jeff Crane poses as a crook to infiltrate the notorious Purple Gang, a band of hoodlums which preys upon other hoodlums. Orchestrating the jailbreak of the gang's leader, Crane joins him in a Dillinger-like flight across the country.

Starring:

Lionel Barrymore (Dr. Josiah Glass) Jean Arthur (Maria Theresa 'Terry' O'Reilly) Chester Morris (Jeff Crane) Joseph Calleia (Sonny 'Dinkie' Black) Paul Kelly (Special Agent James Duff) Lewis Stone (Prison Warden) Paul Hurst (Rufe Parker) George E. Stone (Butch) Sam Baker (Mose Jones) William Bailey (Federal Agent (uncredited))

Director:

J. Walter Ruben

Writer:

Wells Root