About the film
newspaper gangster hoodlum
King of the Newsboys
Release Date: March 18, 1938
| Year | : | 1938 |
| Slogan | : | «MEN IN THE MAKING But what kind of men grow out of the squalor of the tenements...from the sordid back alleys of the slums?» |
| Genres | : | Drama, Romance |
| Production Companies | : | Republic Pictures |
| Director | : | Bernard Vorhaus |
| Producers | : | |
| Writers | : | Louis Weitzenkorn, Peggy Thompson |
| RunTime | : | 65 mins. |
A poor young man's girlfriend leaves him for a gangster, who has the money and power she wants and the young man doesn't have. Determined to show her that he can be a success--and how much of a mistake she made by leaving him--he starts up a newspaper distribution business that is soon the biggest in the city, but things don't turn out exactly the way he wanted them to.
Main Actors
Lew Ayres
Character : Jerry Flynn
Helen Mack
Character : Mary Ellen Stephens
Alison Skipworth
Character : Nora
Victor Varconi
Character : Wire Arno
Sheila Bromley
Character : Connie Madison
Alice White
Character : Dolly
Horace McMahon
Character : Lockjaw
William Benedict
Character : Squimpy
Ray Cooke
Character : Pussy
Jack Pennick
Character : Lefty
Mary Kornman
Character : Peggy
Gloria Rich
Character : Maizie
Oscar O'Shea
Character : Mr. Stephens
Marjorie Main
Character : Mrs. Stephens (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
Character : Gazette Owner (uncredited)
Howard Hickman
Character : Judge (uncredited)
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