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Members of a teenage gang are sent to the State Reformatory, presided over by the callous Thompson. Soon Patsy Gargan, a former gangster appointed Deputy Commissioner, arrives and takes over the administration to run the place on radical principles. Thompson needs a quick way to discredit him.
Language
Budget$229,000
Revenue --
English,
Français,
Italiano,
Budget$229,000
Revenue --
Keywords
fire
judge
nurse
youth gang
gang
solitary confinement
juvenile delinquent
reformatory
pre-code
reform school
revolt
sick child
reformer
racketeer
escape attempt
mob justice
self government
child mistreatment
kindly guard
Casts
James Cagney
Richard 'Patsy' Gargan
Madge Evans
Dorothy Griffith
Frankie Darro
James 'Jimmie' Smith
Dudley Digges
Thompson
Arthur Byron
Judge H.J. Gilbert
Allen Jenkins
Mike
Sheila Terry
Blonde with Mike
Robert Barrat
Fred Smith
Allen 'Farina' Hoskins
Joliet "Smoke" Hemingway
Harold Huber
Joe
Dorothy Peterson
Mrs. Smith
G. Pat Collins
Brandon
Edwin Maxwell
Louis Johnson
John Marston
Hopkins
William V. Mong
Mr. Walters
Mickey Bennett
Butch Kilgore
Sidney Miller
Isidore "Izzy" Horowitz
Hobart Cavanaugh
Mr. Gorman
George Humbert
Mr. Carmonotti
Raymond Borzage
Johnny 'Skinny' Stone
George Offerman, Jr.
Charlie Burns
Charles E. Cane
Tommy Gorman
Beaudine Anderson
Boy (uncredited)
James Donlan
Sam (uncredited)
Sam Finn
Joe's Henchman (uncredited)
Ben Hendricks Jr.
Guard Taking Jimmy to Thompson (uncredited)
Gladden James
Car Owner Paying 25¢ (uncredited)
Wilfred Lucas
Bill (uncredited)
Wallace MacDonald
Man in Johnson's Office (uncredited)
Larry McGrath
Johnston's Assistant (uncredited)
Jack McHugh
Boy Prosecutor (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse
Joe's Henchman Playing Cards (uncredited)
Adrian Morris
Car Owner Refusing to Pay (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor
Cop in Court (uncredited)
Henry Otho
Guard in School Armory (uncredited)
Bob Perry
Collector (uncredited)
Hector V. Sarno
Hollis (uncredited)
Andy Shuford
Boy Judge (uncredited)
William H. Strauss
Mr. Horowitz (uncredited)
Charles Sullivan
Collector (uncredited)
Ben Taggart
Sheriff (uncredited)
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
Mr. Hemingway (uncredited)
Sailor Vincent
Guard (uncredited)
Huey White
Joe's Henchman (uncredited)
Charles C. Wilson
Wilson (uncredited)
Harry Wilson
Joe's Henchman (uncredited)
Dorothea Wolbert
Mrs. Burns (uncredited)
Crews
Archie Mayo
Director
Islin Auster
Story
Edward Chodorov
Screenplay
Edward Chodorov
Producer
Lucien Hubbard
Producer
Jack Killifer
Editor
Esdras Hartley
Art Direction
Barney McGill
Director of Photography
Orry-Kelly
Costume Design
Perc Westmore
Makeup Artist
Frank Shaw
Assistant Director
Merritt B. Gerstad
Director of Photography
Backdrops & Posters
