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Synopsis
A team of con men trying to double-cross a woman they are supposedly helping to get some stolen money back wind up getting crossed themselves... by the mob.
Joan Bennett
Cast
James Dunn
Cast
Herbert Mundin
Cast
Sammy Cohen
Cast
Theodore von Eltz
Cast
Merna Kennedy
Cast
Earle Foxe
Cast
Dave Wengren
Cast
J. Carrol Naish
Cast
Max Wagner
Cast
James Tinling
Director
Henry Johnson
Writer
William M. Conselman
Writer

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