Born Reckless 1930-early John Ford

This drama is set during the mid Twenties when gangsters were a bit more genteel than their 1930s counterparts. Based on a true story, it profiles the experiences of a young gangster who, after getting caught during a robbery is given a choice: he can either go to prison or join the military and fight. He chooses the military. There he becomes a hero. But when he returns home, he immediately returns to gangster life. Trouble ensues when he falls for an aristocratic woman with a daughter. Their happiness is interrupted by an old enemy who kidnaps the girl.



Cast:



Edmund Lowe - Louis Beretti

Catherine Dale Owen - Joan Sheldon

Lee Tracy - Bill O'Brien

Marguerite Churchill - Rosa Beretti

Warren Hymer - Big Shot

William Harrigan - Good News Brophy

Frank Albertson - Frank Sheldon

Eddie Gribbon - Bugs

Paul Page - Ritzy Reilly

Ben Bard - Joe Bergman

Mike Donlin - Fingy Moscovitz

Paul Porcasi - Pa Beretti

Joe Brown - Needle Beer Grogan

Roy Stewart - District Attorney Cardigan

Ferike Boros - Ma Beretti

Pat Somerset - Duke

Ward Bond - Soldier

Yola D'Avril - French Girl

John Farrell MacDonald - District Attorney Cardigan

Jack Pennick - Soldier

John Wayne - Extra ----------------------------------------------who?