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03/01/1931 Crime, Drama 1h 37m
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LOVE saved him from worse than THE CHAIR

Overview

After young Robert Graham commits a murder while drunk and defending his girlfriend, he is prosecuted by ambitious Mark Brady and sentenced to 10 years. Six years later, Brady becomes the prison warden and offers the beleaguered Robert a job as his chauffeur. Robert cleans up his act, but, on the eve of his pardon, his cellmate drags him back into the world of violence, and he faces a difficult choice that could return him to prison.

  1. Howard Hawks

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Walter Huston

    Mark Brady

  2. Phillips Holmes

    Robert Graham

  3. Constance Cummings

    Mary Brady

  4. Boris Karloff

    Ned Galloway

  5. DeWitt Jennings

    Yard Captain Gleason

  6. Mary Doran

    Gertrude Williams

  7. Ethel Wales

    Katie Ryan

  8. Clark Marshall

    Runch

  9. Arthur Hoyt

    Leonard Nettleford

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-06-13
Philips Holmes is really good in this Howard Hawks story of a twenty year old who accidentally kills a man in a silly brawl. The DA - "Mark Brady" (Walter Huston) realises quickly that he could have claimed self-defence for the young man, but the ensuing prosecution ends in conviction and a ten year stretch. Spool on six years and "Brady" is now the warden of the prison and seeing the damage internment has done to the young man, he gives him a job as his personal assistant. That relationship is seriously tested, however, when an inmate is murdered and both men must choose their best path to tr...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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