Afraid to Talk
1932-11-17Corrupt politicians resort to murder and blackmail when a young boy accidentally witnesses them taking payoffs.

Corrupt politicians resort to murder and blackmail when a young boy accidentally witnesses them taking payoffs.

Eddie Martin
Eric Linden

Peggy Martin
Sidney Fox

District Attorney. Anderson
Tully Marshall

Asst. District Attorney John Wade
Louis Calhern

Lenny Collins
George Meeker

Jake Stranskey
Robert Warwick

Mayor William 'Billy' Manning
Berton Churchill

Jig Skelli
Edward Arnold

Marge Winters
Mayo Methot

Joe Skelli
Matt McHugh

Alice - Party Girl
Joyce Compton

Police Officer (uncredited)
King Baggot

Protester Sign Carrier (uncredited)
Walter Brennan

Molly (uncredited)
Lita Chevret

Kippie - Party Girl (uncredited)
Dorothy Granger

Detective Burke (uncredited)
Ben Taggart

Deputy Benchley
Thomas E. Jackson

Police Commissioner Garvey
Frank Sheridan
Chief Frank Hyers
Ian Maclaren

Attorney Harry Berger
Gustav von Seyffertitz

Judge MacMurray
Reginald Barlow

Major Jamison
Edward Martindel

Bill (detective)
John Ince

Pete (bellhop)
George Chandler

Archie (drunk)
Arthur Housman

Party Guest
Joe Bonomo

Wade's Secretary
Lynton Brent
Reporter
Ralph Brooks

Burns
Thomas Carrigan

Detective Archie Quinn
G. Pat Collins

Arresting Detective
Kernan Cripps

Third-Degree Detective
Jack Dougherty
Cab Driver
Jimmie Dundee
Sam - Bellhop
James Eagles

Police Sergeant
Jim Farley
Third-Degree Detective #1
William Farrel

Prison Hospital Guard
Olin Francis

Third-Degree Doctor
Clarence Geldart

Doctor
Charles Giblyn

Governor
Huntley Gordon

Dignitary on Dais
Julia Griffith

Prison Patient
Pat Harmon

Bill McGuire - Third-Degree Detective
Robert Homans
Unemployed Man
Perry Ivins

Reporter
Gladden James

Mailman
Lew Kelly

Third-Degree Detective
William J. Kelly

Dignitary on Dais
Colin Kenny

Max - Elevator Operator
Fred Kohler Jr.

Jail Official
Lew Meehan

Electrician
Monte Montague

Miss Sheridan - Nurse
Frances Morris

Third-Degree Detective #2
Robert Morris

Taxi Driver
Lee Phelps
Party Waiter
Alexander Pollard

Arresting Detective
Hal Price

Mike
Lorin Raker

Editor
Jack Richardson
Protester with Sign
Cliff Saum

Prison Patient
Philip Sleeman
Old Lady
Emma Tansey

Spike - Henchman
Harry Tenbrook
Bartender
Edward Thomas
Reporter
William Wagner
Bellhop
Allen Wood