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Writers:
Samuel Ornitz (written by) &
Robert Tasker (written by) ...
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Release Date:
23 September 1932 (USA) more
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WHAT A FILM!! WHAT AN IMPACT!!! Please View.. more (16 total)

Cast

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Richard Dix ... Frank 'Duke' Ellis
Tom Brown ... John 'Johnny' Ellis
Rochelle Hudson ... Mary Ellen
C. Henry Gordon ... Blacksnake Skinner
Oscar Apfel ... William Billings
Stanley Fields ... F.E. Whiteside
John Arledge ... Joe Carter
Warner Richmond ... Captain Pop-Eye Jackson
Charles Middleton ... Matthew the Hermit
Louise Carter ... Mrs. Ellis
Sandy Roth ... Blind Maxie
Clarence Muse ... Rascal
Fuzzy Knight ... Society Red
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62 min
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1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Photophone System)
Certification:
Iceland:12 | USA:Passed (National Board of Review)

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A preview print had Richard Dix being shot and killed after saving his brother Tom Brown, but the ending was changed before the final release of the film. more
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11 out of 16 people found the following review useful.
WHAT A FILM!! WHAT AN IMPACT!!! Please View.., 7 December 2003
Author: olddiscs from Fords, NJ

To me this film shown on TCM @ 2 wks ago early am! (end of NOV. 03) left such an impact. on me Never Heard or seen before!! . wow..better than I AM A Fugitive From A Chain Gang!! before the code was in progress.. A prison drama depicting the harsh realities & also the racial & sexual innuendoes which awhile later would have been censored: WATCH!!! Observe the cook in the Prison..obviously gay or "Pansy" being slapped on the behind by one of the male wardens.. & later talking about a funeral which he'll never forget, where the Pansies were sooo large"!! & the immortal Louise Beavers visiting her boyfriend in same prison"rolling her eyes" & making it clear that she wishes her "Handy Man" was free.. so she could feel so much better!!!& he sees her & states he"aint well since he ain't had no 'sugar"...wow could not believe my eyes & ears !!& the relationship between the imprisoned brothers..THIS FILM SHOULD BE ON DVD/and or VHS has a lot to say about prisons of the South at that time (early 1930s) & sexual mores & racial attitudes way back then.. should not be missed !an Historic Document!!! How did we let this one pass?? & Rochelle Hudson? gorgeous & beautiful Want to see again..Thanks TCM once more

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