
A Depression-downtrodden waif uses her brains instead of her body to rise from tyro con artist to crime boss.
Directed by Ray Enright, Blondie Johnson leans on a strong ensemble — Joan Blondell, Chester Morris, Allen Jenkins — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about crime titles of 1933.
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In 1934, the second most lucrative business in New York City was running 'the numbers'. When Madam Queen—the powerful woman who runs the scam in Harlem—is arrested, Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson takes over the business and must resist an invasion from a merciless mobster.
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