The Doorway to Hell (1930)

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Lew Ayres

Louie Ricarno

James Cagney

Steve Mileaway

Dorothy Mathews

Doris Ricarno

Leon Janney

Jackie Ricarno

Robert Elliott

Police Chief Pat O'Grady

Kenneth Thomson

Captain of Academy

Jerry Mandy

Joe - Gangster

Noel Madison

Rocco

Edwin Argus

Midget

Eddie Kane

Dr. Morton

Tom Wilson

Big Shot Kelly - Gangster

Dwight Frye

Monk - Gangster

Charles Judels

Florist
(Gelöschte Szenen)

Fred Argus

Machine Gunner
(Nicht genannt)

Marie Astaire

Kitty - Fortune Teller
(Nicht genannt)

Elmer Ballard

Tommy - Louie's Chauffeur
(Nicht genannt)

Joe Bordeaux

Joe - a Gangster
(Nicht genannt)

Clark Burroughs

Nigger Mike
(Nicht genannt)

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Wissenswertes
No information about the publication of Rowland Brown's story, "A Handful of Clouds," has been found. The story may not have been published.

Patzer
What appears to be a typo in the gangland slaughter headline of the newspaper Louie reads in the boarding house - it reads 'grewsome' instead of 'gruesome' - is in fact an acceptable variant that was more popular at the time the film was released.

Zitate
Title Card: [closing title] The "Doorway to Hell" is a one-way door. There is no retribution - no plea for further clemency. The little boy walked through it with his head up and a smile on his lips. They gave him a funeral - a swell funeral that stopped traffic - and then they forgot him before the roses had a chance to wilt.

Crazy Credits
The opening scene shows a newspaper printing press in motion and then presents the opening credits like a real newspaper advertisement.

Verbindungen
Featured in American Masters: You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story - Part 1 (2008)

Soundtracks
Taps
(1862) (uncredited)
Written by Daniel Butterfield
Played by a bugler at the funeral

Fine early talkie that belongs along side Little Caesar and The Public Enemy as the gangster films that set the rules for the genre. Unlike those films however this film gives us a smart gangster who tries to get out while on top only to be dragged back in.