Bullets Or Ballots - Original Trailer 1936

Two-fisted New York police detective Edward G. Robinson is so volatile that he manages to get himself thrown off the force in disgrace. The local gangsters are delighted, in that Robinson had been breathing down their necks. When Robinson goes to crime boss Barton MacLaine insisting that he's through with law enforcement and wants to switch to the other side, MacLaine's chief henchmen Humphrey Bogart doesn't buy the story, but has to go along since he doesn't want to incur the wrath of MacLaine. Robinson offers to show his former enemies how to circumvent the law, making him an invaluable participant in gang activities. Actually, Robinson hasn't gone crooked at all; he's operating undercover, with the full knowledge of the city police inspector, in hopes of locating the "big boys" who've been financing the mob. His diligence costs him his life, but Robinson, with the help of bad-girl-gone-good Joan Blondell, busts the rackets wide open. Former crime reporter Martin Mooney was responsible for the story upon which Bullets or Ballots was based. Edward G. Robinson - Johnny Blake Barton MacLane - Al Kruger Frank McHugh - Herman Joseph King - Captain Dan McLaren Humphrey Bogart - Bugs Fenner Joan Blondell - Lee Morgan Louise Beavers - Nellie Dick Purcell - Driscoll Gilbert Emery - Thorndyke Herbert Rawlinson - Caldwell George E. Stone - Wires Joseph Crehan - Grand Jury Spokesman Norman Willis - Vinci Frank Faylen - Gatley Ralph M. Remley - Kelly William Pawley - Crail Frank Bruno - Proprietor Wallace Gregory - Lambert Virginia Dabney - Mary William "Wild Bill" Elliott - Bank Secretary Jack Gardner - Man Jack Goodrich - Cigar Clerk Sol (Saul) Gorss Al Hill - Man Milt Kibbee - Jury foreman Alma Lloyd - 1st Beauty Attendant George Lloyd - Man Jerry Madden - Kid Herman Marks - Man Rosalind Marquis - Specialty Carlyle Moore, Jr. - Kruger's secretary Anne Nagel - Bank secretary Henry O'Neill - Bryant Addison Richards - Announcer [Voice] Dutch Schlickenmeyer Eddie Shubert - Truck driver Edwin Stanley - Judge Victoria Vinton - Ticket Seller Harry Watson - Kid