Plot
Ralph Cotter, a ruthless criminal, escapes violently from a farm prison. Then, he seduces a dead inmate’s sister, gets back quickly into the crime business, faces corrupt local cops who run the city’s underworld and meets a powerful tycoon’s whimsical daughter.
Cast
James Cagney
Ralph Cotter
Barbara Payton
Holiday Carleton
Helena Carter
Margaret Dobson
Ward Bond
Inspector Charles Weber
Luther Adler
Keith 'Cherokee' Mandon
Barton MacLane
Lieutenant John Reece
Steve Brodie
Joe 'Jinx' Raynor
Rhys Williams
Vic Mason
Herbert Heyes
Ezra Dobson
John Litel
Police Chief Sam Tolgate
William Frawley
Byers
Robert Karnes
Detective Tom Gray
Crew
Gordon Douglas
Director
Harry Brown
Screenplay
Carmen Dragon
Original Music Composer
J. Peverell Marley
Director of Photography
William Cagney
Producer
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