Plot summary

In Manhattan, former gangster turned legitimate businessman Martin Martin (Pat O'Brien

Pat O'Brien (actor)

Pat O’Brien was an American film actor with more than one hundred screen credits.-Early life:O’Brien was born William Joseph Patrick O’Brien to an Irish-American Catholic family in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He served as an altar boy at Gesu Church while growing up near 13th and Clybourn streets...

) has become the target of a politically ambitious district attorney, who has offered immunity for Martin's former partner in crime Dane Cory in exchange for his testimony. After being informed about the deal and narrowly escaping arrest, Martin pays a visit to Cory to persuade him not to testify. The meeting ends up with a shootout, with Martin killing one of Cory's henchmen and being hit himself before fleeing. With his picture on newspaper front pages and a reward on his head, Martin decides to hide in an abandoned house. While recovering to prepare a final assault on Cory, he adopts an injured dog that strays into his hideout and names him Johnny One-Eye.

Cast

• Pat O'Brien
  Pat O'Brien (actor)
  Pat O’Brien was an American film actor with more than one hundred screen credits.-Early life:O’Brien was born William Joseph Patrick O’Brien to an Irish-American Catholic family in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He served as an altar boy at Gesu Church while growing up near 13th and Clybourn streets...
  
   as Martin Martin
• Wayne Morris as Dane Cory
• Dolores Moran
  Dolores Moran
  Dolores Moran was an American film actress and model.Moran's brief career as a film actress began in 1942 with some uncredited roles in such films as Yankee Doodle Dandy. By 1943 she had become a popular pin-up girl and appeared on the cover of such magazines as Yank...
  
   as Lily White
• Gayle Reed as Elsie White
• Donald Woods
  Donald Woods (actor)
  Donald Woods was a Canadian-born American film and television actor whose career spanned six decades....
  
   as Vet
• Barton Hepburn
  Barton Hepburn
  Barton Hepburn was an American actor who specialized in drama and comedy,Hepburn was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was spotted as a stage actor in Los Angeles by the screen director Cecil B. DeMille. He starred in a 1929 production, Painted Faces, an early film with sound...
  
   as Cory Henchman
• Raymond Largay as Lawbooks
• Lawrence Cregar as Ambrose
• Forrest Taylor as Man on Street who quotes Lord Byron
• Lester Allen
  Lester Allen
  Lester Allen was a screen, stage, vaudeville, circus actor, and film director. In vaudeville, he appeared in a double act with Nellie Breen and also emceed at the Palace Theatre.-Selected filmography:...
  
   as Designer-Choreographer
• Jimmy Little as Captain of Police
• Jack Overman as Lippy
• Lyle Talbot
  Lyle Talbot
  Lyle Talbot , born Lisle Henderson, was an American actor on stage and screen, best known for his long career in movies from 1931 to 1960 and for his frequent appearances on TV in the 1950s and '60s, including his decade-long role as Joe Randolph on television's The Adventures of Ozzie and...
  
   as Official from District Attorney's Office
• Harry Bronson
  Harry Bronson
  Harry B. Bronson is an attorney and politician from Rochester, New York who serves as a member of the New York State Assembly. A former member of the Monroe County legislature, he was elected to the Assembly in 2010...
  
  as Cute Freddy