The read
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 27m.
Synopsis
Boisterous gangster kingpin Bull Weed rehabilitates his former lawyer from his alcoholic haze, but complications arise when he falls for Weed's girlfriend.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes90%
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
93 audience votes
Key crew
- Josef von SternbergDirector
- Robert N. LeeScreenplay
Cast
- George BancroftBull Weed
- Evelyn BrentFeathers
- Clive BrookRolls Royce
- Fred KohlerBuck Mulligan
- Helen LynchMulligan's Girl
- Larry SemonSlippy Lewis
- Jerry MandyPaloma
- Alfred AllenJudge (uncredited)
- Shep HoughtonStreet Kid (uncredited)
- Andy MacLennanLaughing Man at the Ball (uncredited)
- Ida MayLaughing Woman at the Ball (uncredited)
- Karl MorseHigh Collar Sam (uncredited)