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Director:
Writers:
Norman Reilly Raine (screenplay) and
Warren Duff (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
19 August 1939 (USA) more
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Plot:
Although innocent, reporter Frank Ross is found guilty of murder and is sent to jail. While his friends... more | add synopsis
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How can something this bad be that good? more (19 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

James Cagney ... Frank Ross

George Raft ... 'Hood' Stacey
Jane Bryan ... Joyce
George Bancroft ... John Armstrong
Max 'Slapsie Maxie' Rosenbloom ... Fargo Red (as Maxie Rosenbloom)
Stanley Ridges ... Meuller
Alan Baxter ... Carlisle
Victor Jory ... Grayce
John Wray ... Pete Kassock
Edward Pawley ... Dale
Willard Robertson ... Lang
Emma Dunn ... Mrs. Ross
Paul Hurst ... Garsky
Louis Jean Heydt ... Lassiter
Joe Downing ... Limpy Julien
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Killer Meets Killer
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Runtime:
92 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Many people who are in studio records/casting call lists as cast members did not appear or were not identifiable in the movie. These were (with their character names): Al Lloyd, Tom Wilson, Alice Connors and Fern Barry (Accident Witnesses), Eddy Chandler (Deputy), Vera Lewis (Juror), Earl Dwire (Judge Crowder) and Frank Mayo (Telegraph Editor). In addition, a modern source lists Nat Carr and Granville Bates as cast members, but they were not seen either. more
Quotes:
Joyce Conover: You're a blind, stupid, selfish, contemptible, tinhorn crook. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Young Frankenstein (1974) more
Soundtrack:
Wings Over the Navy more

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14 out of 24 people found the following comment useful.
How can something this bad be that good?, 1 August 2001
7/10
Author: bobc-5 from Annandale, VA

A reporter is framed and sent to prison, but with the help of a fellow con he'll try to clear his name and set things straight. That's about as far as the plot ever gets developed and it's full of holes and completely implausible events. The characters are hopelessly cliche, mostly overacted, and the melodrama of the ending goes so far over the top as to be almost laughable. And yet somehow the film has a feeling of quality and sincerity which is able to overcome all of this.

Similar to "Fugitive from a Chain Gang", this is a 1930s Warner Brothers film with a conscience, taking aim at corrupt politicians and brutal prisons. The flaws in the film are not due to lack of effort or creativity, but simply because this is the way they used to make those types of films. Jimmy Cagney and George Raft use their talent and star appeal to draw you in and keep you on the edge of your seat throughout the entire movie. It isn't necessarily a film you'd go out of your way to see, but it's definitely worth watching if you get the opportunity.

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