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Top billed cast

Cary GrantAce Corbin
Benita HumeEleanor La Velle
Jack La RuePete Manning
Glenda FarrellJeanne Sands
Roscoe KarnsBlooey
Arthur VintonJoe Burke
Charles WilliamsBaby Face (Charles T. Pearson Jr.)
Edwin MaxwellDistrict Attorney Travers
Spencer ChartersDetective
Hooper AtchleyDoctor (uncredited)

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