Synopsis
An ex-con sets up a program to straighten out hard-core prisoners. Things don't go as planned.
Movie Information
- Director
- Gordon Douglas
- Writers
- Lawrence Kimble, Martin Mooney, Arthur A. Ross
- Release Year
- 1946
- Runtime
- 66 minutes
- Genre
- Crime
- Language
- EN
- Country
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
- Rating
- 6.3 / 10 (12 votes)
Top Cast
Lawrence Tierney
Jim Roland
Barton MacLane
Nick Taylor
Marian Carr
Betty Richards
Harry Shannon
Warden Kelly
Carol Forman
Ruthie
Joe Devlin
'Broadway' Johnson
Tom Keene
Hal Schaeffer
Tony Barrett
Steve Marlowe
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