Let 'Em Have It Explained

Let 'Em Have It
Director:	Sam Wood
Producer:	Edward Small
Starring:	Richard Arlen Virginia Bruce Bruce Cabot
Editing:	Grant Whytock
Distributor:	United Artists
Studio:	Reliance Pictures
Country:	United States
Language:	English

Let 'Em Have It is a 1935 American gangster film directed by Sam Wood. The film was also known under the title False Faces in the United Kingdom and The Legion of Valour in Australia.^[1]

Plot

An FBI agent tracks down a gang leader.

Cast

• Richard Arlen as Mal Stevens
• Virginia Bruce as Eleanor Spencer
• Alice Brady as Aunt Ethel
• Bruce Cabot as Joe Keefer
• Harvey Stephens as Van Rensseler
• Eric Linden as Buddy Spencer
• Joyce Compton as Barbara
• Gordon Jones as Tex
• J. Farrell MacDonald as Mr. Keefer
• Bodil Rosing as Mrs. Keefer
• Paul Stanton as Department Chief
• Hale Hamilton as Ex-Senator Reilly
• Robert Emmett O'Connor as Police Captain
• Dorothy Appleby as Lola
• Barbara Pepper as Milly
• Paul Fix as Sam

Production

The film was shot at Pathe Studios.^[2] It was one of a series of movies that came out around this time about "G-Men".^[3] with the film giving the audience a look an FBI Headquarters and the training of a Special Agent.^[4]

Notes and References

1. http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/32973410 Newspaper Article
2. News: Mystery to Be Screened: While Patient Slept to Open Thursday. Los Angeles Times. Mar 4, 1935. 19.
3. News: Close Finish Looms in Race Between Studios' "G-Men": Five Pictures, All Dealing With Exploits of Federal Agents, About to Hit Screen Together, Start New Cycle Close Finish Seen in Race. Woolfenden, John R.. Los Angeles Times. Apr 14, 1935. A1.
4. Book: 86. Powers, Richard Gid. G-men, Hoover's FBI in American Popular Culture. Southern Illinois University Press. 1 Nov 1983.