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About
Members of a teenage gang are sent to the State Reformatory, presided over by the callous Thompson. Soon Patsy Gargan, a former gangster appointed Deputy Commissioner, arrives and takes over the administration to run the place on radical principles. Thompson needs a quick way to discredit him.
Theatrical
Jun 24, 1933
Budget
$229K
DVD / Blu-ray
Mar 25, 2008
Director
Writers
Producers
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures
Cast
Full credits →J
James Cagney
Richard 'Patsy' Gargan
M
Madge Evans
Dorothy Griffith
F
Frankie Darro
James 'Jimmie' Smith
D
Dudley Digges
Thompson
A
Arthur Byron
Judge H.J. Gilbert
A
Allen Jenkins
Mike
S
Sheila Terry
Blonde with Mike
R
Robert Barrat
Fred Smith
A
Allen 'Farina' Hoskins
Joliet "Smoke" Hemingway
H
Harold Huber
Joe
D
Dorothy Peterson
Mrs. Smith
G
G. Pat Collins
Brandon
E
Edwin Maxwell
Louis Johnson
J
John Marston
Hopkins
W
William V. Mong
Mr. Walters
M
Mickey Bennett
Butch Kilgore
S
Sidney Miller
Isidore "Izzy" Horowitz
H
Hobart Cavanaugh
Mr. Gorman
G
George Humbert
Mr. Carmonotti
R
Raymond Borzage
Johnny 'Skinny' Stone
