	Bullets or Ballots (1936)
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	Bullets or Ballots Cast
Edward Robinson Detective Johnny Blake Humphrey Bogart Nick 'Bugs' Fenner Joan Blondell Lee Morgan Barton MacLane Frank McHugh Dick Purcell George E. Stone View full cast

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After Police Captain Dan McLaren becomes police commissioner former detective Johnny Blake knocks him down convincing rackets boss Al Kruger that Blake is sincere in his effort to join the mob. "Buggs" Fenner thinks Blake is a police agent.

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WHO Rules The Rackets ? This picture puts the finger on the political higher-ups!

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	Full Cast and Crew
Actor Credits Edward Robinson Detective Johnny Blake Humphrey Bogart Nick 'Bugs' Fenner Joan Blondell Lee Morgan Barton MacLane Frank McHugh Dick Purcell George E. Stone Non Actor Credits Louis F. Edelman Producer William Keighley Director Hal Mohr Director of Photography Fred Jackman, Jr. Special Effects Edward Robinson Soundtrack

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Genre	Crime :: Drama :: Thriller
Date Released	6 June 1936
Production	Sara Films
Related Links	1936 Movies June 1936 Movies
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Trivia and Quotes Trivia Johnny Blake, played by Edward G. Robinson, was based on real-life policeman Johnny Broderick, while Al Kruger, played by Barton MacLane, was based on notorious gangster Dutch Schultz. In the film, it is suggested that Joan Blondell`s character got the idea of the numbers racket from her assistant, "Nellie". In reality, the numbers racket was pioneered by black gambling racketeers in Harlem. The "Nellie" character was based on Stephanie "Madame Queen" St. Clair (Nellie scoffs at being called "Madam Nellie"). As in the film, the numbers racket was eventually taken over by "Dutch" Schultz and "Lucky" Luciano (The Humphrey Bogart and Barton MacLane characters, respectively). This film was made as part of Warner Bros.` response to the Production Code Administration and the Legion of Decency, which had condemned the studio`s previous gangster movies with Edward G. Robinson and James Cagney as glorifying the criminal life. In response, Warners had both actors make crime movies with their characters on the right side of the law, with Cagney playing an FBI agent in "G-Men" and Robinson playing an undercover cop here. "Bullets or Ballots" was so successful at the box office that it gave Edward G. Robinson the clout to negotiate a new contract with Warner Bros., which gave him rights of story and script approval and allowed him to make one movie per year for another studio. See also Trivia Index (B) :: Quotes Index (B) :: Connections Index (B)

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