The Fall Guy
1930 · Movie · 66 min · ★ 6.3
When a hapless pharmacist loses his job and falls in with criminals, he's soon made The Fall Guy. Unemployed, Johnny Quinlan (Jack Mulhall) starts doing jobs for underworld chieftain Nifty Herman (Thomas Jackson), who plans to use Johnny as a dupe to cover up his own shady activities. Herman plants illegal drugs on Quinlan, who is nabbed by federal agent Charles Newton (Pat O'Malley). But in a twist, Quinlan convinces Newton to allow him to trick Herman into a confession.
Also known as Trust Your Wife
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Details
- Years
- 1930
- Release date
- 1930-06-15
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 66 min
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 (3 votes)
Themes
- drug dealer
- gangster
- marriage
- florist
- saxophone
- pre-code
Cast & crew
Jack Mulhall
as Johnny Quinlan
Mae Clarke
as Bertha Quinlan
Ned Sparks
as Danny Walsh
Wynne Gibson
as Lottie Quinlan
Pat O'Malley
as Charles Newton
Thomas E. Jackson
as 'Nifty' Herman
Tom Kennedy
as Detective Burke
Alan Roscoe
as Detective Joe Keefe
James Donlan
as The Bill Collector
Directed by Leslie Pearce