Story Line
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.
“AMERICA'S TWO-FISTER ANSWER to the Gun-Mad Rats Who Rule the Underworld!”
Top Cast
Humphrey Bogart
Frank Wilson
Gale Page
Madge Stone
Billy Halop
John 'Johnny' Stone
John Litel
Attorney Carey
Henry Travers
Pop
Harvey Stephens
Fred Burke
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Rating
5.8/ 10
Release Date
1939-03-23
Runtime
1h 29m
Genres
DramaCrime
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User Reviews (1)
CinemaSerf
6/10
•6/22/2022Even 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 i...