Boyhood friends grow up into different professions, one a dedicated Royal Canadian Mountie, the other a notorious if well liked gambler.Boyhood friends grow up into different professions, one a dedicated Royal Canadian Mountie, the other a notorious if well liked gambler.Boyhood friends grow up into different professions, one a dedicated Royal Canadian Mountie, the other a notorious if well liked gambler.
Luis Alberni
- Jacques
- (uncredited)
Hugh Beaumont
- Warren
- (uncredited)
Michael Browne
- Blackjack Dealer
- (uncredited)
John Butler
- Second Poker Dealer
- (uncredited)
Alec Craig
- Mac McKenzie
- (uncredited)
Rube Dalroy
- Barfly
- (uncredited)
Mark Daniels
- Faro Dealer
- (uncredited)
Jim Davis
- Mountie with Warrant
- (uncredited)
Curley Dresden
- Barfly
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaAn ending similar to Manhattan Melodrama (1934) (the film on which this movie was based) was written and filmed, but was discarded before the first press preview. It consisted of trial and execution sequences, and casting lists had actors with their character names as follows: George M. Carleton (Bailiff), Howard Hickman (Judge), Emmett Vogan (Jury Foreman), James Millican (Warden), Russell Hicks (High Commissioner), William Tannen (Guard), Roy Barcroft (Guard), Herbert Heyes (Guard), Patrick McVey (Guard), Leigh Sterling (Guard), Hooper Atchley (Juror), Howard M. Mitchell (Juror), Dick Rush (Juror) and Murdock MacQuarrie (Juror).
- Quotes
'Slip' O'Mara: [Slip shows the gamblers their roulette wheel has been rigged] Caswell's been pickin' you all as cleaner than an Armenian can pick a fried hen!
- ConnectionsRemake of Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
- SoundtracksThat Good for Nothin' Man of Mine
Written by Earl K. Brent and Ralph Freed
Performed by Patricia Dane
[Jean, accompanied by the band, sings the song at the Topaz]
Featured review
Clark Gable manqué
This B movie remake of MANHATTAN MELODRAMA set in the Yukon was the one of the salvos that MGM fired in its attempt to use James Craig as a replacement for Gable while the King of Hollywood was at war. Craig is pretty good at the Gable role and there is a pretty good supporting cast, including Keenan Wynn, Jack Holt and particularly John Carradine as a crooked gambler.
The problem is that Patricia Dane in the female lead is pretty stiff trying to play her role like Myrna Loy and William Lundigan, although competent, brings not a hint of the sparkle that William Powell did to his performance. Nor does director Joseph Newman take advantage of the nominally outdoor nature of the big finale. Everyone moves as if they are on a sound stage and the ending is abrupt. Perhaps it comes down to the fact that Newman did not serve the material as well as might be hoped.
The problem is that Patricia Dane in the female lead is pretty stiff trying to play her role like Myrna Loy and William Lundigan, although competent, brings not a hint of the sparkle that William Powell did to his performance. Nor does director Joseph Newman take advantage of the nominally outdoor nature of the big finale. Everyone moves as if they are on a sound stage and the ending is abrupt. Perhaps it comes down to the fact that Newman did not serve the material as well as might be hoped.
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- Runtime1 hour 5 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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