The Hoodlum Saint

The Hoodlum Saint

91 mins | Drama, Music | April 4, 1946

A former reporter comes back home after serving in the army during World War I and finds that it's much more difficult to find work than he expected. Desperate, one day he crashes a wedding attended by many of the city's rich and powerful, meets a beautiful girl named Kay who turns out to be his ticket to meeting those rich and powerful people, and he soon manages to land a job on a newspaper. He gets caught up in the "make money at all costs" game but receives a rude awakening when the stock market crashes in 1929.

The Hoodlum Saint

91 mins | Drama, Music | April 4, 1946

The Hoodlum Saint
A former reporter comes back home after serving in the army during World War I and finds that it's much more difficult to find work than he expected. Desperate, one day he crashes a wedding attended by many of the city's rich and powerful, meets a beautiful girl named Kay who turns out to be his ticket to meeting those rich and powerful people, and he soon manages to land a job on a newspaper. He gets caught up in the "make money at all costs" game but receives a rude awakening when the stock market crashes in 1929.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title The Hoodlum Saint
Directors Horace Hough, Norman Taurog
Writers Frank Wead, James Hill

Cast

William Powell

as Terence Ellerton 'Terry' O'Neill

Esther Williams

as Kay Lorrison

Angela Lansbury

as Dusty Millard

James Gleason

as Snarp

Lewis Stone

as Father Nolan

Rags Ragland

as Fishface

Frank McHugh

as Three Finger

Roman Bohnen

as Father O'Doul

Charles Arnt

as Cy Nolan - O'Neill's Secretary

Louis Jean Heydt

as Mike Flaherty

Charles Trowbridge

as Uncle Joe Lorrison

Henry O'Neill

as Lewis J. Malbery

William Phillips

as Dave Fernby

Matt Moore

as Father Duffy

Trevor Bardette

as Rabbi Meyerberg

Addison Richards

as Reverend Miller

Tom Dugan

as Buggsy

Emma Dunn

as Maggie

Mary Gordon

as Trina

Charles D. Brown

as Ed Collner - Chronicle Reporter

Stanley Andrews

as Chronicle Publisher (uncredited)

Stanley Blystone

as Cop Arresting Fishface (uncredited)

Hobart Cavanaugh

as Antique Clock Dealer (uncredited)

Jack Cheatham

as Jailer (uncredited)

Chester Conklin

as Cop (uncredited)

Heinie Conklin

as Mug (uncredited)

Byron Foulger

as J. Cornwall Travers (uncredited)

Dwayne Hickman

as Johnny Ryan (uncredited)

Russell Hicks

as Marty Martindale (uncredited)

Gladden James

as Doctor in Marathon (uncredited)

Frank Jenks

as Dance Contest M.C. (uncredited)

Robert Emmett Keane

as Doctor Treating O'Neill (uncredited)

Norman Leavitt

as Dance Contestant #1, Mamie's Partner (uncredited)

Frank McLure

as Reporter (uncredited)

Howard M. Mitchell

as Bartender (uncredited)

Rhea Mitchell

as Reporter (uncredited)

Forbes Murray

as Rich Man (uncredited)

William H. O'Brien

as Waiter at Wedding Brunch (uncredited)

Robert Emmett O'Connor

as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

Frank Orth

as Chronicle Editor (uncredited)

Harry 'Snub' Pollard

as Parade Spectator (uncredited)

Larry Steers

as Captain of Waiters (uncredited)

Harry Tenbrook

as Mug (uncredited)

Will Wright

as Allan 'Knucklehead' Smith - Times Editor (uncredited)

John George

as Mug (uncredited)