this film yet another example of wayyyyy under appreciated warner in house director and lloyd bacon . why do people ignore this guy . he be really good . look at how he handle cagney and obrien if you need convince . a usual eddie g steal the show . how do he do it . i have yet to see him in a bad performance . this be a great little film that just build and build . everything seem to be go well until anthony quinn show up and throw a monkey wrench into the whole work and the gang have to go ( reluctantly ) legit . jack carson and a usual and play a bumbling but earnest character and a la his cop playwright do the same year in arsenic and old lace ( release oddly in 44 . ) another film make the same year ( again and on the eve of pearl harbor ) be bogie all through the night that also include gleason and a young phil silver . all in the same vein . jeezus and why can not they make em like this anymore .