Peter Lorre plays a dopey gangster while a millionaire disguises himself as a hobo. 1938 was unhinged.
After saving a tramp from suicide, a millionaire takes his clothing and disappears. Word is out that he will give a million dollars to anyone who is kind to a tramp.
Acting
Peter Lorre's bizarre comic turn as 'The Dope.'
Costume
Baxter's committed tramp chic — tattered but somehow dapper.
Director
Walter Lang
Warner Baxter
Tony Newlander
Marjorie Weaver
Jean Hofmann
Peter Lorre
Louie 'The Dope' Monteau
Jean Hersholt
Victor
John Carradine
Kopelpeck
J. Edward Bromberg
Editor
Lynn Bari
Cecelia
Fritz Feld
Max Primerose
Sig Ruman
Anatole Primerose
Christian Rub
Commissionaire
Frank Reicher
Prefect of Police
Paul Harvey
Corcoran
Charles Halton
Mayor
George Davis
Gendarme (uncredited)
Harry Hayden
Gilman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is a remake of a 1935 French film 'Million' — Hollywood loved stealing Depression-era premises from Europe.
The 'kindness to tramps' premise hit different in 1938 America, where actual hobos were riding rails in record numbers.
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