The St. Louis Kid

The St. Louis Kid

68 mins | Drama, Romance | Nov. 10, 1934

Trucker Eddie Kennedy gets involved with the law when he has an car accident with Ann Reid and knocks the owner of a dairy out. He evades a penalty when he claims, that he had done it as an act of solidarism with the farmers. The farmers start an boycott action against this dairy, so the owner has to bring milk from elsewhere to his dairy, but the farmers closed the road, and Kennedy is arrested once more. He leaves jail at night to meet Ann, but meanwhile the owner has asked some mobsters to deliver the milk. One of the farmers is murdered, Ann Reid is missing and Eddie Kennedy is accused of murder.

The St. Louis Kid

68 mins | Drama, Romance | Nov. 10, 1934

The St. Louis Kid
Trucker Eddie Kennedy gets involved with the law when he has an car accident with Ann Reid and knocks the owner of a dairy out. He evades a penalty when he claims, that he had done it as an act of solidarism with the farmers. The farmers start an boycott action against this dairy, so the owner has to bring milk from elsewhere to his dairy, but the farmers closed the road, and Kennedy is arrested once more. He leaves jail at night to meet Ann, but meanwhile the owner has asked some mobsters to deliver the milk. One of the farmers is murdered, Ann Reid is missing and Eddie Kennedy is accused of murder.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures
Original title The St. Louis Kid
Directors Ray Enright
Writers Frederick Hazlitt Brennan, Seton I. Miller, Warren Duff

Cast

Patricia Ellis

as Ann Reid

James Cagney

as Eddie Kennedy

Allen Jenkins

as Buck Willetts

Robert Barrat

as Farmer Benson

Hobart Cavanaugh

as Richardson

Spencer Charters

as Messeldopp

Addison Richards

as Mr. Brown

Dorothy Dare

as Gracie Smith

Arthur Aylesworth

as Judge Jeremiah Jones

Charles C. Wilson

as Mr. Harris - the Trucking Company Boss

William B. Davidson

as Joe Hunter

Harry Woods

as Louie Munn

Gertrude Short

as Babe Smith - the Girl Buck Picks Up

Eddie Shubert

as Pete - a Truck Driver

Bess Flowers

as Telephone Operator

Mary Russell

as Trucking Company Office Girl (uncredited)