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Ralph Cotter, a ruthless criminal, escapes violently from a farm prison. Then, he seduces a dead inmate’s sister, gets back quickly into the crime business, faces corrupt local cops who run the city’s underworld and meets a powerful tycoon’s whimsical daughter.
Keywords
corruption
trial
prison escape
film noir
police corruption
convict
courtroom
criminal gang
business tycoon
Casts
James Cagney
Ralph Cotter
Barbara Payton
Holiday Carleton
Helena Carter
Margaret Dobson
Ward Bond
Inspector Charles Weber
Luther Adler
Keith 'Cherokee' Mandon
Barton MacLane
Lieutenant John Reece
Steve Brodie
Joe 'Jinx' Raynor
Rhys Williams
Vic Mason
Herbert Heyes
Ezra Dobson
John Litel
Police Chief Sam Tolgate
William Frawley
Byers
Robert Karnes
Detective Tom Gray
Kenneth Tobey
Detective Tobey
Dan Riss
District Attorney
Frank Reicher
Darius 'Doc' Green
John Halloran
Peter Cobbett
Mark Strong
Bailiff (uncredited)
Neville Brand
Carleton (uncredited)
Frank Wilcox
Doctor (uncredited)
Dan Ferniel
Highness (uncredited)
George Spaulding
Judge George Spaulding (uncredited)
Ann Tyrrell
Miss Staines (uncredited)
Mack Williams
Mr. Hartford (uncredited)
William Cagney
Ralph's Brother (uncredited)
Crews
Horace McCoy
Novel
Gordon Douglas
Director
Harry Brown
Screenplay
Carmen Dragon
Original Music Composer
J. Peverell Marley
Director of Photography
Walter Hannemann
Editor
William Cagney
Producer
Truman K. Wood
Editor
Wiard B. Ihnen
Production Design
William H. Lynch
Sound
Joe Kish
Set Decoration
William Kissell
Assistant Director
Backdrops & Posters
