Matt Doyle is Tom Powers's lifelong friend and criminal partner. Together they commit theft as boys, join a fur warehouse robbery, work as beer enforcers for Paddy Ryan, and flaunt their wealth. Matt marries Mamie, witnesses Tom kill Putty Nose, and is later gunned down, provoking Tom's violent retaliation.
Irene Roma's brother, a pilot whose biplane is shot down by Igor Sargoza over the orphanage where Irene teaches. Badly wounded, Peter entrusts Irene with a broken amulet and asks her to get it to San Francisco, where its matching half can unlock funds intended to buy munitions for China's defense.
Conny Billop is Ruth Brock's fellow bank employee and her planned Saturday date. During a nighttime boat ride, he makes unwanted advances, abandons Ruth when she resists, and later lies to Eva Randolph about the incident. His spiteful deception spreads damaging rumors and helps destroy Ruth's engagement to Bill Fadden.
Mary's eldest child, Daniel torments his mother and siblings during childhood and grows up to be a criminal. After double-crossing gangsters, he disappears for three years, later faces suspicion in a holdup and goes to prison. He returns with a blackmail scheme, murders Beattie, and is convicted and sent to the electric chair.
Ralph works as a ticket taker at Jerry Filmore’s nightclub. Owing Filmore $1,000, he takes $500 from the till and plants it on Jimmy, causing Jimmy to be jailed. Ralph later falls in love with Jimmy’s sister Mary and confesses to her that he framed her brother on Filmore’s behalf.
Edward Woods has 11 screen credits in a career dating back to 1930. Signature works include The Public Enemy, Hot Saturday, They Never Come Back. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.
