Movie

The Hoodlum Saint

Released: April 4, 1946 (1946)

Runtime: 91 minutes

Genres: Drama, Music

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.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Lewis Stone as Father Nolan
Age at release: 66
James Gleason as Snarp
Age at release: 63
William Powell as Terence Ellerton 'Terry' O'Neill
Age at release: 53
Slim Summerville as Eel
Age at release: 53
Frank McHugh as Three Finger
Age at release: 47
Roman Bohnen as Father O'Doul
Age at release: 44
Rags Ragland as Fishface
Age at release: 40
Charles Arnt as Cy Nolan - O'Neill's Secretary
Age at release: 39
Esther Williams as Kay Lorrison
Age at release: 24
Angela Lansbury as Dusty Millard
Age at release: 20

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Emma Dunn as Maggie
Age at release: 72
Heinie Conklin as Mug (uncredited)
Age at release: 65
Charles Trowbridge as Uncle Joe Lorrison
Age at release: 64
Mary Gordon as Trina
Age at release: 63
Chester Conklin as Cop (uncredited)
Age at release: 60
Hobart Cavanaugh as Antique Clock Dealer (uncredited)
Age at release: 59
Matt Moore as Father Duffy
Age at release: 58
Charles D. Brown as Ed Collner - Chronicle Reporter
Age at release: 58
Tom Dugan as Buggsy
Age at release: 57
Henry O'Neill as Lewis J. Malbery
Age at release: 54
Stanley Andrews as Chronicle Publisher (uncredited)
Age at release: 54
Stanley Blystone as Cop Arresting Fishface (uncredited)
Age at release: 51
Jack Cheatham as Jailer (uncredited)
Age at release: 51
Russell Hicks as Marty Martindale (uncredited)
Age at release: 50
Byron Foulger as J. Cornwall Travers (uncredited)
Age at release: 47
Trevor Bardette as Rabbi Meyerberg
Age at release: 43
Addison Richards as Reverend Miller
Age at release: 43
Louis Jean Heydt as Mike Flaherty
Age at release: 42
William Phillips as Dave Fernby
Age at release: 37
Dwayne Hickman as Johnny Ryan (uncredited)
Age at release: 11