Hugo Brant — Non-Stop New York Character Profile

About Hugo Brant

Ruthless gangster and Billy Cooper's employer. Orders Cooper's murder and frames Jennie Carr. Travels to England and assumes the alias General Costello on the passenger plane to eliminate loose ends, attempting to kill Jennie and a blackmailer before hijacking the aircraft.

Character Facts

Played by

Francis L. Sullivan

Appears in

Non-Stop New York (1937)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (4)

• Hugo Brant — Conflict Persecutor — Jennie Carr (Anna Lee)

  Gangster mastermind relentlessly pursues and threatens the innocent showgirl.

• Hugo Brant — Professional Employer — Harrigan (Tony Quinn)

  Gang leader and his loyal enforcer maintain a strict employer-sidekick dynamic.

• Hugo Brant — Conflict Blackmailer — Sam Pryor (Frank Cellier)

  Desperate blackmailer clashes with the ruthless gangster alias.

• Hugo Brant — Narrative Unseen Witness — Arnold James (Desmond Tester)

  Innocent child inadvertently becomes the sole eyewitness to the gangster's crime.

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• Aunt Veronica (Athene Seyler)
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