1939 Film noir
USA
1h 19min
The grim tale of a young punk taken in by the glamorous gangster life, only to find himself sent away to the federal pen with a man's fate resting in his hands and a murderer dogging his every step. Young Johnnie Stone (Billy Halop) hooks up with hoodlum Wilson (Humphrey Bogart) only to help Wilson frame his sister's (Gale Page) straight and narrow fiancé Fred (Harvey Stephens) for Murder One. All three men soon find themselves sent to the "Big House" -- two serving a stretch for robbery, the third for Death Row. Can Johnnie come clean in time to save Fred, with Frank watching his every move?
| Directed by | Lewis Seiler |
| Written by | Robert Buckner, Don Ryan, Kenneth Gamet, Lewis E. Lawes, Jonathan Finn |
| Company | Warner Bros.Warner Bros.Warner Bros. |