Public Hero Number 1
G-Man Jeff Crane poses as a crook to infiltrate the notorious Purple Gang, a band of hoodlums which preys upon other hoodlums. Orchestrating the jailbreak of the gang's leader, Crane joins him in a Dillinger-like flight across the country.
- genus: Crime, Drama
- Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- keyword: gangster, prison escape, doctor, prison riot, getaway, drunkard
- cast: Lionel Barrymore, Jean Arthur, Chester Morris, Joseph Calleia, Paul Kelly, Lewis Stone
