Man Against Woman

Man Against Woman

1932 · 70 min · ★ 5.0 · Crime, Action

Johnny McCloud, a tough police inspector given more to fisticuffs than investigating has the hots for torch-singer Lola Parker, but Miss Parker is much taken with a good-looking crook named George Perry. This does not bother McCloud, as he not only gets his man behind bars but takes the man's woman also.

Directed by Irving Cummings · Written by Keene Thompson

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Jack Holt Johnny McCloud
Lillian Miles Lola Parker
Walter Connolly Mossie Ennis
Gavin Gordon George Perry
Arthur Vinton Happy O'Neill
Jack La Rue Alberti
Clarence Muse Smoke Johnson
Emmett Corrigan Christy
Harry Seymour Brodie
Kathrin Clare Ward Landlady

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