Johnny Apollo

Johnny Apollo

94 mins | Drama, Crime, Romance | April 19, 1940

Wall Street broker Robert Cain, Sr., is jailed for embezzling. His college graduate son Bob then turns to crime to raise money for his father's release. As assistant to mobster Mickey Dwyer, then falls for Dwyer's girl Lucky. He winds up in the same prison as his father.

Johnny Apollo

94 mins | Drama, Crime, Romance | April 19, 1940

Johnny Apollo
Wall Street broker Robert Cain, Sr., is jailed for embezzling. His college graduate son Bob then turns to crime to raise money for his father's release. As assistant to mobster Mickey Dwyer, then falls for Dwyer's girl Lucky. He winds up in the same prison as his father.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers 20th Century Fox
Original title Johnny Apollo
Directors Henry Hathaway
Writers Hal Long, Philip Dunne, Rowland Brown, Samuel G. Engel

Cast

Tyrone Power

as Robert Cain Jr. (aka Johnny Apollo)

Dorothy Lamour

as 'Lucky' Dubarry

Edward Arnold

as Robert Cain Sr.

Lloyd Nolan

as Mickey Dwyer

Charley Grapewin

as Judge Emmett T. Brennan

Lionel Atwill

as Jim McLaughlin

Marc Lawrence

as Bates

Jonathan Hale

as Dr. Brown

Harry Rosenthal

as Piano Player

Russell Hicks

as District Attorney

Fuzzy Knight

as Cellmate

Charles Lane

as Assistant D.A.

Selmer Jackson

as Prison Warden

Charles Trowbridge

as Judge Penrose

John Hamilton

as Night Court Judge

William Pawley

as Paul

Eric Wilton

as Butler

Gary Breckner

as Announcer (voice)

Harry Tyler

as Prison Trusty

George Irving

as Mr. Ives

Eddie Marr

as Harry - Henchman

Anthony Caruso

as Joe - Henchman

Stanley Andrews

as Welfare Secretary

Wally Albright

as Office Boy

Carol Adams

as Dancer (uncredited)

James Blaine

as Guard in Solitary (uncredited)

Stanley Blystone

as Guard in Library (uncredited)

Charles D. Brown

as Sergeant Putting Pinch on Mickey and Johnny (uncredited)

Jack Byron

as Court Clerk (uncredited)

Joe Caits

as Prisoner (uncredited)

James Conaty

as Courtroom Spectator / Horse Parlor Patron (uncredited)

Maurice Costello

as Extra (uncredited)

Tom Dugan

as Tom Dugan - Prisoner (uncredited)

Ralph Dunn

as Guard (uncredited)

Frank Fanning

as Courthouse Guard (uncredited)

James Flavin

as Prison Guard In Library (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

as Peterson's Secretary (uncredited)

Edward Gargan

as Detective (uncredited)

William Haade

as Guard During Break (uncredited)

Chuck Hamilton

as Prison Guard (uncredited)

Louis Jean Heydt

as Prison Guard (uncredited)

Robert Homans

as Receptionist Guard (uncredited)

Gladden James

as Court Clerk (uncredited)

Thomas Martin

as Horse Parlor Waiter (uncredited)

Frank McLure

as Horse Parlor Patron (uncredited)

Walter Miller

as Guard (uncredited)

Robert Morgan

as Trial Spectator (uncredited)

Philip Morris

as Bailiff (uncredited)

Edward Mundy

as Train Announcer (uncredited)

Field Norton

as Doorman at Funeral Parlor (uncredited)

Wedgwood Nowell

as Courthouse Spectator (uncredited)

James Pierce

as Guard (uncredited)

Alexander Pollard

as Horse Parlor Waiter (uncredited)

Tom Quinn

as Horse Parlor Patron (uncredited)

Dick Rich

as Visitation Guard (uncredited)

Cyril Ring

as Cashier (uncredited)

Don Rowan

as Guard (uncredited)

Geneva Sawyer

as La Conga Dancer (uncredited)

Dick Scott

as Man at Police Station (uncredited)

Robert Shaw

as Clerk (uncredited)

Lee Shumway

as Guard in Warden's Office (uncredited)

J. Scott Smart

as Leader of Conga (uncredited)

Edwin Stanley

as Stock Exchange Official (uncredited)

Larry Steers

as Horse Parlor Patron (uncredited)

Bert Stevens

as Horse Parlor Patron (uncredited)

Milburn Stone

as Reporter (uncredited)

Harry Strang

as Doorman at Warden's Office (uncredited)

Charles Tannen

as Reporter (uncredited)

Phil Tead

as Reporter (uncredited)

Harry Tenbrook

as Guard Escorting Apollo (uncredited)

Emmett Vogan

as Radio Announcing Guard (uncredited)

Norman Willis

as Plainclothesman (uncredited)

Charles Williams

as Photographer (uncredited)