You bet ~ IT'S FUNNY a movietone laugh riot.
Daily life at men and women's prison units where baseball and the marching band are serious business. Two prisoners escape in order to help paroled Steve from being blackmailed by his girlfriend's ex-partner-in-crime.
- 5.8
- 1930
- Released
- 1h 25m
Spencer Tracy
Saint Louis
Claire Luce
Judy Fields
Warren Hymer
Dannemora Dan
Humphrey Bogart
Steve Jordan
William Collier Sr.
Pop
Joan Marie Lawes
Jean
Marion Aye
Actress (uncredited)
Ward Bond
Inmate Socked by Saint Louis (uncredited)Joe Brown
Deputy Warden (uncredited)
Bob Burns
Slim - Bazooka Player (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler
Guard (uncredited)
Edythe Chapman
Mrs. Jordan (uncredited)
Harvey Clark
Nash (uncredited)
Dick Curtis
New Inmate (uncredited)
Mike Donlin
Upstate Baseball Manager (uncredited)
Noel Francis
Sophie (uncredited)Althea Henley
Cynthia Jordan (uncredited)Elizabeth Keating
May (uncredited)Helen Keating
June (uncredited)
Richard Keene
Dick (uncredited)
Sharon Lynn
Edith La Verne (uncredited)
George MacFarlane
Whiteley (uncredited)
Wilbur Mack
Honest John Jessup (uncredited)
Louise Mackintosh
Mrs. Massey (uncredited)
Goodee Montgomery
Kit (uncredited)
Robert Emmett O'Connor
Prison Warden (uncredited)Claude Payton
Guard (uncredited)
Steve Pendleton
Morris (uncredited)
Pat Somerset
Beauchamp (uncredited)John Swor
Clem (uncredited)Mildred Vincent
Annie (uncredited)
Johnnie Walker
Happy (uncredited)
Morgan Wallace
Frosby (uncredited)Adele Windsor
Minnie (uncredited)Carol Wines
Daisy Elmore (uncredited)Released
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- #prison escape
- #pre-code
Reviews
This is really only of interest as a cinema curio - an early talkie with Warren Hymer ("Dan") and a slightly irritating "Saint Louis" (Spencer Tracy) escaping from prison to help out their pal "Steve" (Humphrey Bogart) from a little domestic mischief whilst he tries to keep his gal "Judy" (Claire Luce) - all under the direction of John Ford. None had made their mark on Hollywood by this stage, and