QUICK ON THE TRIGGER! 🔫 Born Reckless (1930) | John Ford Pre-Code Gangster Classic

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Quick on the trigger. The heart speaks and the gun replies! When notorious mobster Louis Beretti is arrested, a sympathetic judge offers him a choice: face hard time in prison or join the U.S. Army to fight on the frontlines of World War I. Choosing the battlefield, Beretti serves with distinction and returns home a decorated hero, determined to leave his criminal past behind and go straight. But when his former gang kidnaps his close friend's child for ransom, Beretti must pick up his guns once more to wage an uncompromising war on his old crew. Directed by legendary filmmaker John Ford, Born Reckless (1930) is a gritty pre-Code crime drama blending underworld action, war heroism, and classic mob warfare. 🎥 DIRECTOR John Ford ✍️ WRITERS Dudley Nichols — screenplay and dialogue Donald Henderson Clarke — from the novel “Louis Beretti” 🎬 CAST Edmund Lowe — Louis Beretti Catherine Dale Owen — Joan Sheldon William Harrigan — Good News Brophy Marguerite Churchill — Rosa Beretti Warren Hymer — Big Shot Lee Tracy — Bill O’Brien Frank Albertson — Frank Sheldon Ilka Chase — High Society Customer at Beretti’s Ferike Boros — Ma Beretti Paul Porcasi — Pa Beretti Joe Brown — Needle Beer Grogan, Bartender Ben Bard — Joe Bergman Pat Somerset — Duke Eddie Gribbon — Bugs Mike Donlin — Donnelly, Third Gangster Sent to War Paul Page — Ritzy Reilly Roy Stewart — District Attorney J.J. Cardigan Jack Pennick — Sergeant Ward Bond — Sergeant Yola d’Avril — French Girl 🎭 GENRES Crime, Drama, War

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