Little Tough Guy

Little Tough Guy

86 mins | Drama, Crime | July 22, 1938

The son of a man sentenced to death for a murder he didn't commit vows to become a criminal himself. He starts his own street gang, and their crime spree is financed by a mysterious young man--who turns out to be the son of the District Attorney who sent the boy's father to the electric chair.

Little Tough Guy

86 mins | Drama, Crime | July 22, 1938

Little Tough Guy
The son of a man sentenced to death for a murder he didn't commit vows to become a criminal himself. He starts his own street gang, and their crime spree is financed by a mysterious young man--who turns out to be the son of the District Attorney who sent the boy's father to the electric chair.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers Universal Pictures
Original title Little Tough Guy
Directors Harold Young
Writers Gilson Brown, Brenda Weisberg

Cast

Robert Wilcox

as Paul Wilson

Helen Parrish

as Kay Boylan

Marjorie Main

as Mrs. Boylan

Jackie Searl

as Cyril Gerrard

Peggy Stewart

as Rita Belle

Helen MacKellar

as Mrs. Wanamaker

Edward Pawley

as Jim Boylan

Olin Howland

as Baxter

Pat C. Flick

as Peddler

Billy Halop

as Johnny Boylan

Huntz Hall

as 'Pig'

Gabriel Dell

as String

Hal E. Chester

as Dopey

David Gorcey

as Sniper

Jack Carr

as Domino