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Directed by
W.S. Van Dyke 
George Cukor (uncredited)
 
Writing credits
Arthur Caesar (story)

Oliver H.P. Garrett (screenplay) and
Joseph L. Mankiewicz (screenplay)

Cast (in credits order) verified as complete

Clark Gable ... Edward J. 'Blackie' Gallagher

William Powell ... James W. 'Jim' Wade

Myrna Loy ... Eleanor Packer
Leo Carrillo ... Father Joe
Nat Pendleton ... Spud 'Spuddie'
George Sidney ... Poppa Rosen
Isabel Jewell ... Annabelle
Muriel Evans ... Tootsie Malone
Thomas E. Jackson ... Asst. Dist. Atty. Richard Snow (as Thomas Jackson)
Isabelle Keith ... Miss Adams (Jim's secretary) (as Claudelle Kaye)
Frank Conroy ... Blackie's defense attorney
Noel Madison ... Manny Arnold
Jimmy Butler ... Jim Wade as a boy

Mickey Rooney ... Blackie as a boy
Shirley Ross ... Singer in Cotton Club
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Herman Bing ... German proprietor (scenes deleted)
Garry Owen ... Campaign manager (scenes deleted)
Henry Roquemore ... Bandleader (scenes deleted)
Carl Stockdale ... Policeman (scenes deleted)
Oscar Apfel ... Speaker of Assembly (uncredited)
William Arnold ... Blackjack dealer (uncredited)
William Augustin ... Detective (uncredited)
William Bailey ... Al Barnes (croupier) (uncredited)
Curtis Benton ... Announcer (uncredited)
John Bleifer ... Chauffeur (uncredited)
Stanley Blystone ... Detective in court (uncredited)
Wade Boteler ... Prison guard (uncredited)
Don Brodie ... Reporter (uncredited)
G. Pat Collins ... Killer in prison (uncredited)
James Curtis ... Party leader (uncredited)
Vernon Dent ... Otto (German dancer on steamship) (uncredited)
Charles Dunbar ... Panhandler (uncredited)
James Eagles ... Boy in prison (uncredited)
Jay Eaton ... Drunk (uncredited)
Harrison Greene ... Eleanor's dance partner (uncredited)
Donald Haines ... Spud as a Boy (uncredited)
Sherry Hall ... Assistant District Attorney (uncredited)
Eddie Hart ... Reporter (uncredited)
Lew Harvey ... Craps dealer (uncredited)
Samuel S. Hinds ... Warden of Sing Sing (uncredited)

George Irving ... Jim's campaign manager (uncredited)
William Irving ... German note holder (uncredited)
Jimmy James ... Chemin de Fer dealer (uncredited)
Cullen Johnson ... Boy (uncredited)
Payne B. Johnson ... Small boy on street (uncredited)
Jack Kenny ... Policeman (uncredited)
Leonid Kinskey ... Trotskyite slapping Poppa Rosen (uncredited)
Leo Lance ... Leon Trotsky (uncredited)
Jack 'Tiny' Lipson ... Uncle Angus (uncredited)
Dixie Lotten ... Irish woman talking with Poppa Rosen (uncredited)
John Marston ... Mr. Coates (gambler losing yacht) (uncredited)
Ralph McCullough ... Reporter (uncredited)
Sam McDaniel ... Black prisoner on Death Row (uncredited)
Larry McGrath ... One of Blackie's hoods (uncredited)
Tom McGuire ... Policeman in court (uncredited)
Alex Melesh ... Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
King Mojave ... Croupier (uncredited)
Charles R. Moore ... Black boy in speakeasy (uncredited)
Pat Moriarity ... Trotsky heckler (uncredited)
Lee Phelps ... Bailiff (uncredited)
Leslie Preston ... Jim's dance partner (uncredited)
Bert Russell ... Blind beggar (uncredited)
Harry Seymour ... Piano player in casino (uncredited)
Lee Shumway ... Policeman (uncredited)
Pepi Sinoff ... Jewish woman (uncredited)
Pete Smith ... Racetrack announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Bert Sprotte ... German note holder (uncredited)
William Stack ... Judge (uncredited)
Landers Stevens ... Inspector of Police (uncredited)
Stanley Taylor ... Police intern (uncredited)
Al Thompson ... Street spectator (uncredited)
Edward Van Sloan ... Yacht Capt. Swenson (uncredited)
Dorothy Vernon ... Boat Passenger (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan ... Assistant District Attorney (uncredited)
W.R. Walsh ... Croupier (uncredited)
Cotton Warburton ... (uncredited)
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Produced by
David O. Selznick .... producer
 
Cinematography by
James Wong Howe (photographed by)
 
Film Editing by
Ben Lewis 
 
Art Direction by
Cedric Gibbons 
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Lesley Selander .... assistant director (uncredited)
 
Art Department
Edwin B. Willis .... associate art director
Joseph C. Wright .... associate art director (as Joseph Wright)
 
Sound Department
Douglas Shearer .... recording director
 
Special Effects by
Slavko Vorkapich .... special effects
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Dolly Tree .... wardrobe
 
Editorial Department
William Axt .... synchronization (as Dr. William Axt)
W. Donn Hayes .... supervising editor: musical sequences (uncredited)
 
Music Department
William Axt .... composer: incidental music (uncredited)
Maurice De Packh .... orchestrator (uncredited)
Paul Marquardt .... orchestrator (uncredited)
Domenico Savino .... composer: stock music (uncredited)
 
Other crew
G. Pat Collins .... voice (uncredited)
 
Crew verified as complete

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