Gangster's Boy

A popular high school valedictorian and star athlete becomes a pariah when it's discovered that his father is a former bootlegger.

Cast

Jackie Cooper

as Larry Kelly

Robert Warwick

as Tim Kelly

Lucy Gilman

as Julia Davis

Louise Lorimer

as Mrs. Kelly

Tommy Wonder

as Bill Davis

Selmer Jackson

as Judge Davis

Betty Blythe

as Mrs. Davis

Huntley Gordon

as Principal

Herbert Evans

as Butler

William Gould

as District Attorney

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