""BETTER TO DIE IN A FIGHT FOR FREEDOM THAN A LIVING DEATH BEHIND BARS!"" 28 July 1939 Drama, Action, Crime 63 mins
An agent for the state attorney general poses as a convict to learn about bank loot.
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Brian Donlevy as Agent Norman Craig / Red Murray
Julie Bishop as Sheila Murray (as Jacqueline Wells)
Joseph Crehan as Prison Warden O'Neil
Paul Fix as Convict Petey Ryan
George Lloyd as Convict Marty Conroy
Dick Curtis as Capt. Simmons
Richard Fiske as Agent Lyman
Charles Barton Director
Arthur T. Horman Screenplay
Leslie T. White Screenplay
Wallace MacDonald Producer
Allen G. Siegler Director of Photography
Richard Fantl Editor
Lionel Banks Art Direction
United States 28 July 1939
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