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The Hoodlum Saint (1946)

A former reporter comes back home after serving in the army during World War I and finds that it's much more difficult to find work than he expected. Desperate, one day he crashes a wedding attended by many of the city's rich and powerful, meets a beautiful girl named Kay who turns out to be his ticket to meeting those rich and powerful people, and he soon manages to land a job on a newspaper. He gets caught up in the "make money at all costs" game but receives a rude awakening when the stock market crashes in 1929.

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Top billed cast

William PowellTerence Ellerton 'Terry' O'Neill
Esther WilliamsKay Lorrison
Angela LansburyDusty Millard
James GleasonSnarp
Lewis StoneFather Nolan
Rags RaglandFishface
Frank McHughThree Finger
Slim SummervilleEel
Roman BohnenFather O'Doul
Charles ArntCy Nolan - O'Neill's Secretary

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