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| Van Johnson | ... | Bert Bell | |
| Faye Emerson | ... | Gladys Wayne | |
| George Meeker | ... | 'Scoop' Conner | |
| Frank Wilcox | ... | Randall | |
| Tod Andrews | ... | 'Dapper Dan' Malloy (as Michael Ames) | |
| Roland Drew | ... | 'Mile-Away' Gordon | |
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| Joseph Crehan | ... | Jim F. Ainslee | |
| William Gould | ... | Warden John Bevins | |
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| John Maxwell | ... | Prison Doctor | |
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Patrick McVey | ... | Chief Electrician (as Pat McVeigh) |
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Dick Rich | ... | Death House Guard |
| Fred Kelsey | ... | Death House Keeper | |
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When a prisoner on Death Row is "accidentally" killed just before his execution, a reporter smells something fishy. His investigation reveals that the condemned man was about to reveal some damaging information about the connection between the city's corrupt political machine and its major organized crime ring. The reporter hatches a plan, with the help of the paper's alcoholic political columnist, to get himself thrown in prison to get the information the murdered prisoner was going to reveal and expose both the crooked politicians and the gangsters they're in cahoots with. Written by frankfob2@yahoo.com
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
11 April 1942 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Born for Trouble See more »Filming Locations:
Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USACompany Credits
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Mono (RCA Sound System)Color:
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1.37 : 1
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(1931)
Music and Lyrics by Spo-De-Odee
Title spoken by Ray Montgomery
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Following Van Johnson's rise to become the 1945 top box-office leading man, the film was re-released to theaters in late 1945 and early 1946 under the title BORN FOR TROUBLE. See more »Soundtracks
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Unfortunately for this movie, none of that stuff is true and this might be worth a look to see Miss Emerson in a role with some snap in it. Alas, that's for the guys like me who will look at dental x-rays. Go look at the Hawks version again.