Main Street After Dark

A police detective uses fluorescent powder to catch a pickpocket and her gang.

Cast

Edward Arnold

as Lt. Lorrgan

Selena Royle

as 'Ma' Abby Dibson

Tom Trout

as Lefty Dibson

Audrey Totter

as Jessie Belle Dibson

Dan Duryea

as Posey Dibson

Hume Cronyn

as Keller

Dorothy Morris

as Rosalie Dibson (as Dorothy Ruth Morris)

Wally Cassell

as Jenkins (uncredited)

Kernan Cripps

as Police Scientist (uncredited)

Tom Drake

as Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)

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