The Doorway to Hell
Overview
A vicious crime lord decides that he has had enough and much to the shock of his colleagues decides to give the business to his second in command and retire to Florida after marrying his moll. Unfortunately, he has no idea that she and the man are lovers.
- Production
- The Vitaphone Corporation, Warner Bros. Pictures
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Cast
Lew Ayres
Louie Ricarno
Dorothy Mathews
Doris Ricarno
Leon Janney
Jackie Lamarr
Robert Elliott
Captain Pat O'Grady
James Cagney
Steve Mileaway
Kenneth Thomson
Captain of Academy
Jerry Mandy
Gimpy, Gangster
Noel Madison
Rocco
Eddie Kane
Dr. Morton
Tom Wilson
Big Shot Kelly, Gangster
Dwight Frye
Monk, Gangster
Ruth Hall
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Al Hill
Jimmy Kirk, Gangster (uncredited)
Thomas E. Jackson
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
John Kelly
Whitey Eckhart (uncredited)
Gus Leonard
Shop Owner (uncredited)
Collette Merton
Jane (uncredited)
Dick Purcell
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- Archie Mayo
- Writers
- Rowland Brown,George Rosener
- Producers
- Darryl F. Zanuck
- Cinematography
- Barney McGill
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CinemaSerf
October 3, 2025
With Chicago effectively a lawless city controlled by warring gangsters fighting over their turf and their lucrative prohibition income, opportunistic “Louie” (Lew Ayres) sees an opportunity to centralise things. A meeting, a few machine guns, and some sheer brass neck soon sees him running the racketeers and presiding over an unusually peaceful city. Then he marries his sweetheart “Doris” (Dorothy Matthews) and has something of an epiphany. He wants to hand over the reins to his deputy “Mileawa…