The Hoodlum Saint(1946)
WAS IT THE SOCIETY BEAUTY OR THE NIGHT CLUB SINGER?
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.
Movie: The Hoodlum Saint
Top 10 Billed Cast
Terence Ellerton 'Terry' O'Neill
Kay Lorrison
Dusty Millard
Snarp
Father Nolan
Fishface
Three Finger
Eel
Father O'Doul
Cy Nolan - O'Neill's Secretary
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