The Fall Guy is a 1930 American pre-Code crime drama film, directed by Leslie Pearce and written by Tim Whelan, based upon the Broadway hit "The Fall Guy, a Comedy in Three Acts", written by George Abbott and James Gleason. It starred Jack Mulhall and Pat O'Malley, and its supporting cast included Mae Clarke, who would become famous the following year when James Cagney pushed a grapefruit into her face in the film, "The Public Enemy".