- HD 1080
- Runtime: 89m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: J. Walter Ruben
- Stars: Lionel Barrymore, Jean Arthur, Chester Morris, Joseph Calleia, Paul Kelly
- keywords: gangster, prison escape, doctor, prison riot, getaway, drunkard
- Production_studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Slogan: FACTS!...NEVER BEFORE TOLD!
- The Public Hero Number 1 is featured in the top rankings of 1935
- #47 in Top Drama Movies of 1935
- #14 in Top Crime Movies of 1935
G-Man Jeff Crane poses as a crook to infiltrate the notorious Purple Gang, a band of hoodlums which preys upon other hoodlums. Orchestrating the jailbreak of the gang's leader, Crane joins him in a Dillinger-like flight across the country.