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Back Door to Heaven (1939)
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The life of a young slum kid, who starts out stealing small things in order to fit in with the "crowd"... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Small, budget film with a heart bigger than an epic. moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Wallace Ford | ... | Francis ('Frankie') Rogers, as an adult |
| Aline MacMahon | ... | Miss Williams |
| Stuart Erwin | ... | Jud Mason |
| Patricia Ellis | ... | Carol Evans, as an adult |
| Bert Frohman | ... | Bert 'Mouse' Gatto |
| Jimmy Lydon | ... | Frankie Rogers, as a child |
| Anita Magee | ... | Carol Evans, as a child |
| Raymond Roe | ... | John Shelley, as a child |
| William Redfield | ... | Charley Smith, as a child (as Billy Redfield) |
| Kenneth LeRoy | ... | Bob Hale, as a child |
| David Johnson | ... | Wallace Kischler, as a child |
| William Harrigan | ... | Frankie's Father |
| Jane Seymour | ... | Frankie's Mother |
| Alfred Webster | ... | Sheriff Alvin Kramer |
| Robert Wildhack | ... | Rudolph Herzing |
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Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)MOVIEmeter: 
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A film that was created as a second-feature became a small jewel by means of an honest script and sincere performances by little-known actors. (Van Heflin appears in a very early performance.)
James Lydon appears as Frankie, a small boy living a desperate existence in a slum area, who steals a harmonica in order to fit in with his classmates. Lydon's performance is heartbreaking, and you know that his character is lost forever under the weight of despair. Then we see Frankie grown, in prison. (Wallace Ford) A parole sets the story in motion, and we see how tragic circumstances can indeed forever destroy a life. Aline MacMahon as Frankie's teacher gives her usual sterling performance. Don't miss this one.