The Glass Key (1942)
A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.
Top billed cast
Brian DonlevyPaul Madvig
Veronica LakeJanet Henry
Alan LaddEd Beaumont
Bonita GranvilleOpal 'Snip' Madvig
Richard DenningTaylor Henry
Joseph CalleiaNick Varna
William BendixJeff
Frances GiffordNurse
Donald MacBrideFarr
Margaret HayesEloise Matthews
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