The Girl from Chicago
1932 · 1h 11m · N/A
Crime, Drama, Music
Directed by
Oscar Micheaux
Overview
An undercover government agent on a case in Mississippi meets and falls in love with a beautiful young woman who's being menaced by a local crime boss.
Director and cast
- Oscar Micheaux Director
- Carl Mahon as Alonzo White
- Starr Calloway as Norma Shepard (as Star Calloway)
- Alice B. Russell as Miss Warren
- Eunice Brooks as Mary Austin
- Minto Cato as Minnie, Mary's sister
- John Everett as Jeff Ballinger
- Frank H. Wilson as Wade Washington
- Cherokee Thornton as A "Snitch"
- Grace Smith as Liza Hatfield
- Edwin Cary as Conrad, the numbers man
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