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MediocreGoodWatch scoreSummary
A prison trustee rescues a despondent executioner from a bar-room brawl, and is blamed for the fight by a tabloid reporter who actually started it, and loses parole, becomes embittered, and gets blamed for murder of guard.
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Audiences 48GoodWatch 50
IMDb4.8
Running time
1 h 2 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 crime movies, −44 min on the typical 106
typical 10662Half of all crime movies run 95–120 min.
Reach
Streams in 126 countries
+116Released
1939
November 6, 1939
87 years ago
Genres
CrimeDramaRomanceLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Rated
- NRUnited States
and 19 more25 people
- Beverly RobertsJoan Wright
- Robert WilcoxJohnny Martin
- Paul McVeyJim Henderson
- Ted OsborneIra Hanes
- George PembrokeErnie Matthews
- Stephen ChaseDr. Robert Lee
- George LynnGus Barth
- Wheeler OakmanManning
Norman BuddThe Kid
Ben AlexanderRiley
Boyd IrwinRutledge
Edward EarleCharlie Blake
Dave O'BrienCarson
Robert McKenzieAl Garrity
Don RowanBig Billy
Joe CaitsJoe Rizinsky
Richard CramerGuard
Al FergusonGuard
Robert FiskeProsecuting Attorney Gerald Storm
Joe McGuinnMike Gurney- JMJames McNamaraWegley
Frank O'ConnorGuard- DRDick RushGuard
Bobby SherwoodHolmes
Directing · 1
- Victor Halperin Director
Writing · 2
- George Bricker Screenplay
- William A. Ullman Jr. Story
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