AMERICA'S TWO-FISTER ANSWER to the Gun-Mad Rats Who Rule the Underworld!
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.
- 5.6
- 1939
- Released
- 1h 29m
Humphrey Bogart
Frank Wilson
Gale Page
Madge Stone
Billy Halop
John 'Johnny' Stone
John Litel
Attorney Carey
Henry Travers
Pop
Harvey Stephens
Fred Burke
Harold Huber
Scappa
Joe Sawyer
Red
Joe Downing
Smitty
George E. Stone
Toad
Joe King
Prison Guard
Joseph Crehan
Warden of Sing Sing
John Ridgely
Gas Station Proprietor
Herbert Rawlinson
District Attorney
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
Sam (uncredited)
Sidney Bracey
Tourist on Boat (uncredited)
Edwin Brian
Billiards Observer (uncredited)Frankie Burke
Billiards Player (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler
Attacked Keeper (uncredited)
Noble 'Kid' Chissell
Convict (uncredited)
Martin Cichy
Guard (uncredited)Hal Craig
Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
Tom Dugan
'Lock' Man Inventor (uncredited)
Edgar Edwards
Trainer (uncredited)
Frank Faylen
Boat Tour Guide (uncredited)
John Harron
Convict Remaining in Cell (uncredited)
Robert Homans
Keeper Burns (uncredited)
Frank Mayo
Keeper Collins (uncredited)
Jack Mower
Keeper Monahan (uncredited)
Robert Emmett O'Connor
First Detective (uncredited)
George Offerman, Jr.
Billiards Player (uncredited)
Garry Owen
Lock Man Inventor (uncredited)
Emory Parnell
Second Detective (uncredited)Cliff Saum
Officer (uncredited)
Gertrude Short
Peg (uncredited)
Robert Strange
Chapin Loan Co. Pawnbroker (uncredited)George Taylor
Prisoner (uncredited)
Tom Wilson
Pool Hall Proprietor (uncredited)
Released
en
- #robbery
- #gun
- #pawnbroker
Reviews
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