this be truly a great film and be very well produce consider it be in the early 30 . lew ayres ( louie ricarno ) and call dr. kildare and 38 and be a crook try to go straight and start a new life for himself and do everything to protect james cagney and ( steve mileaway ) and the public enemy and 31 and who be a fellow side kick in the racket and be also fool around with his wife . louie wife decide that by take off her wed ring it make it legal for her to fool around and which must have shock the audience of the 1930 . all these actor be just start their career in this film and gangster film be very popular . if you look close and you will also see dwight frye ( monk and a gangster ) and frankenstein and 31 and ward bond ( a policeman that be uncredited in this picture ) ward bond appear in many of john wayne western film . the producer of this film want the public to realize that crime do not pay .