Offbeat gangster drama stars Edward G. Robinson as an ex-mob boss who is double-crossed by former lieutenant Humphrey Bogart. Wounded while escaping, Robinson is taken in by the members of a remote monastery and finds the peace he sought in the outside world, until circumstances force him to confront Bogart one last time.
Directed by
Lloyd Bacon
Written by
Richard Connell (story); Earl Baldwin (writer); Jerry Wald (uncredited); Richard Macaulay (uncredited).
Starring
Edward G. Robinson (Little John T. 'Johnny' Sarto); Ann Sothern (Florence 'Flo' Addams); Humphrey Bogart (Jack Buck); Donald Crisp (Brother Superior); Ralph Bellamy (Clarence P. Fletcher); Allen Jenkins (Willie 'The Knife' Corson); Charles D. Brown (Brother Wren); Cecil Kellaway (Brother Goodwin); Morgan Conway (Philadelphia Powell); Richard Lane (Mugsy O'Day); Paul Guilfoyle (Red Martin); John Ridgely (Texas Pearson); Joseph Crehan (Brother MacEwen); Wilfred Lucas (Brother MacDonald); Tom Tyler (Curley Matthews). Please contact SFC to add other cast members and characters.
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