The Widow from Chicago

Director: Edward F. Cline Edward F. Cline

Overview

The Widow from Chicago is Polly Henderson (Alice White) -- only she isn't really a widow and in fact has never been married. It's like this: Polly's police-detective brother Jimmy (Harold Goodwin), hoping to get the goods on the criminal gang run by vice lord Dominic (Edward G. Robinson), impersonates Chicago gangster Swifty Dorgan (Neil Hamilton), who is missing and presumed dead. While posing as Swifty, Jimmy is gunned down by a rival gang, right before Polly's eyes. Hoping to exact revenge, Polly pretends to be Swifty's widow and in this guise lands a job at Dominic's nightclub. And then -- get ready for the BIG SURPRISE! -- the real Swifty Dorgan shows up. Only the energetic performance by Edward G. Robinson makes this Byzantine-plotted crime yarn worth sitting through.

Product Details

Release Date:	08/09/2016
UPC:	0888574422240
Original Release:	1930
Rating:	NR
Source:	Warner Archives
Presentation:	[B&W]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono, Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	1:02:00
Sales rank:	49,540

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Neil Hamilton	Georgie 'Swifty' Dorgan
Alice White	Polly Henderson, aka Polly Dorgan
Edward G. Robinson	Dominic
Frank McHugh	Slug O'Donnell
Lee Shumway	Cris Johnston
Brooks Benedict	Mullins
John Elliott	Detective Lt. Finnegan
Dorothy Mathews	Cora
Anne Cornwall	Mazie
E.H. Calvert	Capt. Davis
Betty Francisco	Helen
Harold Goodwin	Jimmy Henderson
Mike Donlin	Desk Man
Robert E. Homans	Patrolman
Al Hill	Johnston's Henchman
Mary Foy	Neighbor Woman
Allan Cavan	Sgt. Dunn
Dorothy Matthew	Cora

Technical Credits

Earl Baldwin

Edward F. Cline	Director
Earl Baldwin	Screenwriter

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- The Widow from Chicago
1. Chapter 1 [:59]
2. Chapter 2 [:11]
3. Chapter 3 [1:34]
4. Chapter 4 [2:40]
5. Chapter 5 [1:33]
6. Chapter 6 [3:33]
7. Chapter 7 [3:24]
8. Chapter 8 [1:46]
9. Chapter 9 [2:47]
10. Chapter 10 [3:26]
11. Chapter 11 [2:39]
12. Chapter 12 [3:52]
13. Chapter 13 [2:50]
14. Chapter 14 [3:53]
15. Chapter 15 [3:23]
16. Chapter 16 [3:05]
17. Chapter 17 [3:53]
18. Chapter 18 [3:44]
19. Chapter 19 [2:59]
20. Chapter 20 [4:08]
21. Chapter 21 [3:44]
22. Chapter 22 [1:48]
23. Chapter 23 [:08]
24. Chapter 24 [:01]

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