Top billed cast

1. 

   Bette Davis

   Peggy Gardner

2. 

   Pat O'Brien

   Matt Kelly

3. 

   Junior Durkin

   James "Jimmy" Mason

4. 

   Frank Coghlan Jr.

   Shorty

5. 

   Emma Dunn

   Emma Clark

6. 

   Charley Grapewin

   Henry Clark

7. 

   Morgan Wallace

   Frank Gebhardt

8. 

   Hooper Atchley

   Captain of the Guard

9. 

   Wallis Clark

   Judge Robinson

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-01-08

Despite the fact that Bette Davis takes top billing here, she rarely features in this rather effective tale of a young boy "Jimmy" (Junior Durkin), who does the right thing and ends up taking the rap for bootlegger "Kelly" (Pat O'Brien). His integrity now sees him in Reform School for three years. There he befriends "Shorty" (Frank Coghlan Jr.) and together we experience the hardships faced by these young men as they are essentially incarcerated, used and forgotten about. Meantime, newspaper man "Gebhardt" (Morgan Wallace) is set on exposing the truth about this place and improving the standar...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• bootlegger
• pre-code