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23/03/1939 Drama, Crime 1h 29m
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AMERICA'S TWO-FISTER ANSWER to the Gun-Mad Rats Who Rule the Underworld!

Overview

Johnnie learns crime from petty thug Frank Wilson. When Wilson kills a pawnbroker with a gun stolen from Johnnie's sister Madge's fiance Fred Burke, Fred goes to Sing Sing's death house. Wilson uses all the pressure can to keep Johnnie silent, even after he and Johnnie themselves wind up in the big house.

  1. Lewis Seiler

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Humphrey Bogart

    Frank Wilson

  2. Gale Page

    Madge Stone

  3. Billy Halop

    John 'Johnny' Stone

  4. John Litel

    Attorney Carey

  5. Henry Travers

    Pop

  6. Harvey Stephens

    Fred Burke

  7. Harold Huber

    Scappa

  8. Joe Sawyer

    Red

  9. Joe Downing

    Smitty

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-06-22
Even though the star of the piece was Humphrey Bogart, the best performance here belongs to the young Billy Halop ("Johnnie") who falls in with petty criminal "Wilson" (Bogart). The latter man pinches a gun from the younger man's soon-to-be brother in law, and when it is used in a killing, it's the fiancé "Fred" (Harvey Stephens) who faces the chair... Shortly afterwards, our two aspiring hoodlums are incarcerated for another crime, and this is where the story gets a little more interesting: the young man knows "Fred" is innocent and must wrestle with his conscience, and his dubious friend an...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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