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Summary
Ralph Cotter, a ruthless criminal, escapes violently from a farm prison. Then, he seduces a dead inmate’s sister, gets back quickly into the crime business, faces corrupt local cops who run the city’s underworld and meets a powerful tycoon’s whimsical daughter.
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Cast
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James CagneyRalph Cotter
Barbara PaytonHoliday Carleton
Helena CarterMargaret Dobson
Ward BondInspector Charles Weber
Luther AdlerKeith 'Cherokee' Mandon
Barton MacLaneLieutenant John Reece
Steve BrodieJoe 'Jinx' Raynor
Rhys WilliamsVic Mason
Herbert HeyesEzra Dobson
John LitelPolice Chief Sam Tolgate
William FrawleyByers
Robert KarnesDetective Tom Gray
Kenneth TobeyDetective Tobey
Dan RissDistrict Attorney
Frank ReicherDarius 'Doc' Green
John HalloranPeter Cobbett
Neville BrandCarleton (uncredited)
Frank WilcoxDoctor (uncredited)
Ann TyrrellMiss Staines (uncredited)
Mack WilliamsMr. Hartford (uncredited)
William CagneyRalph's Brother (uncredited)
Crew
- Directed by
- Gordon Douglas
- Written by
- Horace McCoy, Harry Brown
- Produced by
- William Cagney
- Music by
- Carmen Dragon
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Facts
August 19, 1950 · 1 h 43 min · NR
- Released
- August 19, 1950
- Runtime
- 1 h 43 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Genres
- Crime, Thriller
- Original language
- English
- Made in
- United States
- Available in
- 4 countries


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