Overview
The wealthy Van Dyke family are constantly in the media for outrageous behavior, much to the frustration of the patriarch, Dan Van Dyke. His self-centered wife has a fondness for foreign imports, including "pet projects" like dancers and such and his spoiled children Tony and Carol have constant run-ins with the law. When Dan himself ends up in the clink for five years for tax evasion, he becomes bunk-mates with ex-bootlegger Joe "Spots" Ricardi. Ricardi lectures him on being such a push-over for an out-of-control family, so a dying Dan makes Ricardi his estate trustee once he is released from prison. Ricardi is then thrust into high society and must do everything he once nagged Dan to do.
Cast
- George Raft as Joe "Spot" Ricardi
- Joan Bennett as Carol Van Dyke
- Walter Connolly as Daniel Van Dyke
- Billie Burke as Mrs. Daniel Van Dyke
- Lloyd Nolan as Tex
- Wallace Ford as "Fingers" Boston
- James Blakeley as Tony Van Dyke
- Alan Mowbray as Alan Bartlett
- William Tannen as Cesar
- Donald Meek as Uncle Wyndersham