Unconvincingly, Muley learns that there""s no-one to blame - not even he bureaucratic companies, banks, and their powerless officers." [Note: Shanker was President of New York""s United Federation of Teachers at the time of the film.] Miles was going to be kept in hiding for wo more weeks for additional testing.Miles was still overwhelmed: "I still can""t believe this," and then was told that his awakening was highly illegal and "in strict opposition to government policy.She burst in and accused Dave of unfaithfulness - with white-haired Madge Brenner (Irene Hervey), an influential radio-station owner with whom Dave was seeking employment with an audition tape:Well, isn""t this cozy? So this is your business lunch? How""s business?.It starred stage actor Paul Muni, already known for playing a very different kind of character - a remorseless, tough, and psychopathic criminal named Tony Camonte in director Howard Hawks""Scarface: The Shame of the Nation (1932).BackgroundAngels With Dirty Faces(1938) is a classic example of a Warner Bros.gangster/crime melodrama of the 1930s - a slick, action-packed, hard-hitting studio film layered with a touch of social conscience.