"I am a fugitive! I am hunted by the mob! I am wanted by the cops! I am forgotten by decent women!" 21 January 1939 Drama, Crime 92 mins
A boxer flees, believing he has committed a murder while he was drunk.
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John Garfield as Johnnie Bradfield, aka Jack Dorney
Claude Rains as Det. Monty Phelan
Ann Sheridan as Goldie West
May Robson as Grandma Rafferty
Gloria Dickson as Peggy
Billy Halop as Tommy
Bobby Jordan as Angel
Leo Gorcey as Spit
Huntz Hall as Dippy
Gabriel Dell as T.B.
Bernard Punsly as Milt
Robert Gleckler as Doc Ward (Johnnie's Manager)
John Ridgely as Charles 'Charlie' Magee (Reporter)
Barbara Pepper as Budgie Massey
William B. Davidson as Ennis
Ward Bond as Lenihan
Busby Berkeley Director
Sig Herzig Screenplay
Jack L. Warner Production Manager
Benjamin Glazer Associate Producer
Oliver S. Garretson Sound Recordist
Hal B. Wallis Executive Producer
Milo Anderson Costume Design
James Wong Howe Director of Photography
Jack Killifer Editor
Anton Grot Art Direction
Max Steiner Original Music Composer
Bertram Millhauser Novel
Beulah Marie Dix Novel
Netherlands 21 January 1939
United States 21 January 1939
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