Movie Cosmos - Man Of The People

Description:

An Italian immigrant studying the law gets mixed up with crooks.

Top Cast >

Joseph Calleia

As Jack Moreno

Florence Rice

As Abbey Reid

Thomas Mitchell

As William J. Grady

Ted Healy

As Joe "The Glut" Dwyer

Catherine Doucet

As Hattie Reid

Jonathan Hale

As Carter Spetner

Edward Nugent

As Edward Spetner

Paul Stanton

As Stringer

Robert Emmett Keane

As Joseph B. Murphy

Jane Barnes

As Marie Rosetti

Noel Madison

As Benny Silvers

Selmer Jackson

As Governor

Donald Briggs

As Baldwin

Frank Reicher

As Robinson

John Ardizoni

As Guierpe

Polly Bailey

As Crying Mother

Jack Baxley

As Duffy

Wilson Benge

As Reid's Butler

Agostino Borgato

As Italian Man (uncredited)

Ed Brady

As Tramp with Heckler (uncredited)

Don Brodie

As Pool Player (uncredited)

Nina Campana

As Italian Woman (uncredited)

Jack Chefe

As Russian Club Patron (uncredited)

Claudia Coleman

As Society Woman (uncredited)

Heinie Conklin

As Hot Clam Harry Foster (uncredited)

Hal Cooke

As Court Clerk (uncredited)

Richard Cramer

As Heckler (uncredited)

Max Davidson

As Mr. Shelman (uncredited)

Drew Demorest

As Cab Driver (uncredited)

Claire Du Brey

As Mrs. Sagon (uncredited)

Eddie Dunn

As Kitty "The Horse" Schwartz (uncredited)

Budd Fine

As Hobo (uncredited)

Sam Flint

As Hearing Leader (uncredited)

John George

As Man On Street (uncredited)

Sherry Hall

As First Clerk (uncredited)

Al Herman

As Jury Foreman (uncredited)

Charles King

As Announcer (uncredited)

Richard Kipling

As Newspaper Man (uncredited)

Frank LaRue

As Judge (uncredited)

Harry Lash

As Friend of Drunk (uncredited)

Mimi Lawler

As (uncredited)

Edward LeSaint

As Jury Foreman (uncredited)

Mary Loos

As Mannish Woman (uncredited)

Clark Marshall

As Miley (uncredited)

Frank McLure

As Party Guest (uncredited)

Ivor McFadden

As Bearded Bum (uncredited)

Belle Mitchell

As Italian Woman (uncredited)

Ernesto Molinari

As (uncredited)

Pat Moriarity

As Heckling Tramp (uncredited)

Edmund Mortimer

As Party Guest (uncredited)

Louis Natheaux

As Hard-Faced Gambler (uncredited)

Paul Newlan

As Hobo (uncredited)

Jimmy O'Gatty

As Yelling Tramp (uncredited)

Inez Palange

As Italian Woman (uncredited)

Lauretta Parillo

As (uncredited)

Lee Phelps

As Relative of Sentenced Boy (uncredited)

Russ Powell

As Brewery Manager (uncredited)

Alonzo Price

As Second Clerk (uncredited)

James Quinn

As (uncredited)

Constantine Romanoff

As Hobo (uncredited)

Ronald R. Rondell

As Party Guest (uncredited)

Hector V. Sarno

As Italian Man (uncredited)

Sam Savitsky

As Russian Doorman (uncredited)

Earl Seaman

As Bailiff (uncredited)

Eddie Shubert

As Spike (uncredited)

Phillips Smalley

As Society Man (uncredited)

Walter Soderling

As Flaherty (uncredited)

Genaro Spagnoli

As Italian Man (uncredited)

Harry Stafford

As Society Man (uncredited)

Brick Sullivan

As Policeman (uncredited)

Eddie Syracuse

As (uncredited)

Harry Tenbrook

As Tough on Picnic Platform

Charles Trowbridge

As Man at Hearing (uncredited)

Frank Whitbeck

As Radio Announcer (voice)

Elsie Wicks

As (uncredited)

Clarence Wilson

As Skinny Wilson - Sulker

Harry Leon Wilson

As Workman (uncredited)

William Worthington

As Judge (uncredited)

Top Crew >

Edwin L. Marin

Director

Frank Dolan

Screenplay, Story

Reviews:

CinemaSerf (6/10)

For a change, Joseph Calleia is local lad made good. "Moreno" has become an attorney minded to help out his community and that means he must do deals with the devil - exemplified by Thomas Mitchell's "Grady" who insists he defend one of his henchmen and in return offers him "protection". As courtroom dramas go - this stage is quite unique as it all revolves around a fish! Anyway, thereafter his new arrangement doesn't well suit his independent spirit, and he is soon teamed up with the DA and on the trail of swindlers trying to sell a contraption that can detect gold. The story is a bit all over the place and the writing offers little of substance for the actors to play with, but the plot is solid enough and the message of truth and integrity writ large. It is long, but is essentially two stories knitted together and so just about works ok in the rather predictable end.

2023-02-13