Top billed cast

1. 

   Paul Muni

   James Allen

2. 

   Glenda Farrell

   Marie Woods

3. 

   Helen Vinson

   Helen

4. 

   Noel Francis

   Linda

5. 

   Preston Foster

   Pete

6. 

   Allen Jenkins

   Barney Sykes

7. 

   Berton Churchill

   The Judge

8. 

   Edward Ellis

   Bomber Wells

9. 

   David Landau

   The Warden

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on 2020-02-11

Masterpiece that keeps influencing as much as it enthrals.

Being a man who has a very unhealthy penchant for any film that deals with incarceration, it is with great elation that I can proudly proclaim this to be one of the greatest films of the genre. I had to finally give way and import the film on Region 1 to see what I was missing, boy was it joyous to see how this film has influenced some of my favourite film's of all time.

This is one tough movie, it pulls no punches and the only surprise is that it was made in 1932, that the film is a grizzled masterpiece is down to the astute di...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$195,845.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• prison
• war veteran
• blackmail
• hamburger
• based on true story
• chain gang
• fugitive
• pre-code
• escaped prisoner
• reverend
• tradesman
• prison system
• prison brutality
• prison life
• prison reform
• innocent in jail
• reformed criminal
• escapee
• forced labor