
A seemingly charitable soup kitchen operator (who moonlights as a criminology professor) uses his Bowery mission as a front for his criminal gang. Police attempt to close in on the gang as they commit a series of robberies, murders and bizarre experiments on corpses.

as Prof. Frederick Brenner aka Karl Wagner

as Richard Dennison

as Judy Malvern

as Frankie Mills

as Charley

as Mrs. Brenner

as Fingers Dolan

as Capt. Mitchell

as Det. Pete Crawford

as Mrs. Malvern

as Doc Brooks

as "Trigger" Stratton

as The Big Tramp

as Det. Thompson (uncredited)

as Police Chief Martin (uncredited)

as Knocked-out Motorist (uncredited)

as Shopkeeper (uncredited)

as Jeweler (uncredited)

as Henchman (unconfirmed) (uncredited)

as Coroner (uncredited)

as Usher (uncredited)

as Cards-player Tramp (uncredited)

as Tramp questioned by Richard (uncredited)

as Tramp playing checkers at 'Friendly Mission' (uncredited)

as Tramp Playing Checkers at Friendly Mission (uncredited)

as Tramp (uncredited)

as Newsboy (uncredited)