Gangsters Guns & Floozies Crime Collection: Let 'Em Have It

Director: Sam Wood

Overview

"The oldest (so far) of Sony Wonder's titles from the library of films produced by Edward Small to be released on DVD, Let 'Em Have It also has the best pedigree -- directed by Sam Wood, a top Hollywood hand behind the camera, and starring two top mid-193

Product Details

Release Date:	10/18/2005
UPC:	0074645213996
Original Release:	1935
Source:	SONY WOND
Region Code:	1
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	1:36:00

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Richard Arlen	Mal Stevens
Virginia Bruce	Eleanor Spencer
Harvey Stephens	Van Rensseler
Bruce Cabot	Joe Keefer
Alice Brady	Aunt Ethel
Eric Linden	Buddy Spencer
Joyce Compton	Barbara
Gordon Jones	Tex
J. Farrell MacDonald	Mr. Keefer
Bodil Rosing	Mrs. Keefer
Paul Stanton	Department Chief
Robert Emmett O'Connor	Police Captain,Police Captain
Hale Hamilton	Ex-Senator Reilly
Dorothy Appleby	Lola
Barbara Pepper	Milly
Matthew Betz	Thompson
Harry Woods	Big Bill
Clyde Dilson	Pete
Matty Fain	`Brooklyn'
Paul Fix	Sam
Donald Kirke	Curley
Eugene Strong	`Dude'
Christian Rub	Henkel
Eleanor Wesselhoeft	Mrs. Henkel
Wesley Barry	Walton
Ian MacLaren	Reconstructionist
George Pauncefort	Dr. Hoffman
Joseph King	Instructor
Clarence Wilson	Reynolds,Reynolds
Kathrin Clare Ward	Ma Harrison
Landers Stevens	Parole Chairman
Sidney Bracey	Butler
Richard Hemingway	Fuller

Technical Credits

Elmer Harris

Joseph March

Edward Small	Producer
Elmer Harris	Screenwriter
Joseph March	Screenwriter

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Gangsters Guns & Floozies Crime Collection: Let 'Em Have It
1. Soldiers of Peace [7:28]
2. Al Thompson [8:09]
3. The Fib [4:29]
4. In a Spot [7:41]
5. Competition [5:31]
6. Pine Trees [7:23]
7. On a Tour [6:38]
8. Shoe Clues [7:48]
9. Boarding House [5:51]
10. Hero [5:26]
11. Wanted [5:19]
12. Re-Modeling [6:47]
13. A New Man [7:04]
14. Warning Call [4:57]
15. A Tussle [3:40]
16. Thank You [1:27]

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Editorial Reviews

A terse, tough, and at times frightening thriller, Let 'Em Have It! seems actually to have benefited from the lack of a large budget. Produced at RKO by Edward Small's independent Reliance Pictures Corp. and directed with a minimum of fuss by the veteran Sam Wood, this gangster melodrama was filmed prior to but released after Warner Bros.' more renowned but less authentic G-Men (1935), another thriller dealing with J. Edgar Hoover's burgeoning FBI. Although lacking a superstar like G-Men's James Cagney, Let 'Em Have It! comes with a solid cast of Hollywood reliables that includes Richard Arlen as the attorney turned G-Man and Virginia Bruce as the somewhat dense heroine. But the film's main acting honors belong squarely to Bruce Cabot, formerly of King Kong (1933), who eschews hoary theatrics in favor of realism as the unscrupulous villain. It is a surprisingly chilling performance from an actor mostly associated with essaying cool playboys, heroic or otherwise. According to Cabot himself, the role as the scarred gangster proved something of an ordeal that necessitated nearly six hours in the makeup chair every day.