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Directed by
Lewis Milestone 
 
Writing credits
Ben Hecht (play) and
Charles MacArthur (play)

Bartlett Cormack (adaptation)

Charles Lederer (additional dialogue)

Cast (in credits order) verified as complete

Adolphe Menjou ... Walter Burns
Pat O'Brien ... Hildebrand 'Hildy' Johnson
Mary Brian ... Peggy Grant

Edward Everett Horton ... Roy V. Bensinger
Walter Catlett ... Jimmy Murphy (as Walter L. Catlett)
George E. Stone ... Earl Williams
Mae Clarke ... Molly Malloy
Slim Summerville ... Irving Pincus
Matt Moore ... Ernie Kruger
Frank McHugh ... 'Mac' McCue
Clarence Wilson ... Sheriff Peter B. 'Pinky' Hartman (as Clarence H. Wilson)
Fred Howard ... Schwartz (as Freddie Howard)
Phil Tead ... Wilson
Eugene Strong ... Endicott (as Gene Strong)
Spencer Charters ... Woodenshoes
Maurice Black ... Diamond Louie
Effie Ellsler ... Mrs. Grant
Dorothea Wolbert ... Jenny
James Gordon ... Fred, the Mayor
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Richard Alexander ... Jacobi (uncredited)
James Donlan ... Reporter (uncredited)
Francis Ford ... Carl, a Detective (uncredited)

Clark Gable ... Reporter with hat at table in the prison. (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Sol Gorss ... Policeman (uncredited)
Herman J. Mankiewicz ... Bit (uncredited)
Lewis Milestone ... Bit (uncredited)
Gustav von Seyffertitz ... Professor Max J. Engelhoffer (uncredited)
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Produced by
Lewis Milestone .... producer
Howard Hughes .... producer (uncredited)
 
Cinematography by
Glen MacWilliams 
Tony Gaudio (uncredited)
Hal Mohr (uncredited)
 
Film Editing by
W. Duncan Mansfield 
 
Set Decoration by
Richard Day (settings)
 
Production Management
Charles Stallings .... production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Nate Watt .... assistant director
 
Sound Department
Frank Grenzback .... sound engineer (as Frank Grenzbach)
 
Other crew
Howard Hughes .... presenter
George Gerhard .... press representative (uncredited)
 
Crew verified as complete

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