Roger Touhy Gangster (1944)

Set during Prohibition the movie centers on Touhys rise from small time thug to the citys most powerful bootlegger whose empire is rivaled only by that of Al Capone who is referred to but never named in the story It is his rival who frames Touhy for kidnapping and arranges for him to serve a lifelong term in Stateville prison Determined to be free again the desperate Touhy and his cellmate Basil the Owl Banghart begin plotting a violent break out