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They Made Me a Criminal (1939)
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Release Date:
28 January 1939 (USA) moreTagline:
I am a fugitive! I am hunted by the mob! I am wanted by the cops! I am forgotten by decent women! (re-release print ad) morePlot:
A boxer flees believing he has comitted a murder while he was drunk. full summary | add synopsisUser Comments:
A Mirror Image of another great film from the 1930's moreUS TV Schedule:
| Fri. July 24 | 6:00 AM | TCM |
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| John Garfield | ... | Johnnie Bradfield, aka Jack Dorney | |
| The Dead End Kids | ... | Tommy's Gang | |
| Claude Rains | ... | Det. Monty Phelan | |
| Ann Sheridan | ... | Goldie West | |
| May Robson | ... | Grandma Rafferty | |
| Gloria Dickson | ... | Peggy | |
| Billy Halop | ... | Tommy | |
| Bobby Jordan | ... | Angel | |
| Leo Gorcey | ... | Spit | |
| Huntz Hall | ... | Dippy | |
| Gabriel Dell | ... | T.B. | |
| Bernard Punsly | ... | Milt (as Bernard Punsley) | |
| Robert Gleckler | ... | Doc Ward (Johnnie's manager) | |
| John Ridgely | ... | Charles 'Charlie' Magee (reporter) | |
| Barbara Pepper | ... | Budgie Massey |
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92 minCountry:
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)Filming Locations:
Palm Desert, California, USAFun Stuff
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Desert location shooting was so hot at times that the film melted in the camera. moreQuotes:
Ringside Radio Fight Announcer: A right to the jaw. A left to the face. Boy, is he a killer. Is he murderous. The Bull lands a terrific right to Smith's jaw, and Smith is down! It'll be best for Smith if he stays down, because this is downright murder. Smith's face is red pulp; red, red pulp. 8, 9, 10! And Smith's out. Phew! And I'm glad that's over. moreSoundtrack:
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I have never been a big fan of John Garfield but seeing this movie gave me a different opinion. This is a well done remake of one of my all time favorite films "The Life of Jimmy Dolan" (1933) with Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. , Loretta Young , a very young Mickey Rooney and a cameo by a guy named John Wayne. That film had one of the best love songs ever "How Deep Is the Ocean" as a background to the love scenes.
Garfield plays his boxer a little more as a looser than did Doug Fairbanks but he is great in the part.
What really drew me to this film was the "ensemble" cast of the Dead End Kids as the tough reform school guys on the farm that Garfield's character helps. The ever superb (and I feel also unrated) Leo Gorcey says it all with his body language and that face as the tough mug with a ice cube for a heart. He is wonderful. As for the rest of the Bowery Boys/Dead End Kids, they are also fabulous. How they play off each other is a lesson in acting.
I would recommend this film but for the classic take on this story see the Fairbanks film. It is outstanding.