"SAGA OF THRILLING CONFLICT, ROMANCE AND REGENERATION!" 16 December 1946 Crime 66 mins
An ex-con sets up a program to straighten out hard-core prisoners. Things don't go as planned.
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Lawrence Tierney as Jim Roland
Barton MacLane as Nick Taylor
Marian Carr as Betty Richards
Harry Shannon as Warden Kelly
Carol Forman as Ruthie
Joe Devlin as 'Broadway' Johnson
Tom Keene as Hal Schaeffer
Tony Barrett as Steve Marlowe
Lee Bonnell as Joe Carzoni
Robert Clarke as Tommy North
Raymond Burr as Jeff Torrance
Lewis E. Lawes as Prologue Speaker
Robert Dudley as Fuller (uncredited)
Selmer Jackson as Rev. Eckles (uncredited)
Byron Foulger as Dixon (uncredited)
Larry Nunn as Danny (uncredited)
Gordon Douglas Director
Lawrence Kimble Screenplay
Martin Mooney Producer
Sid Rogell Executive Producer
Marvin Coil Editor
Paul Sawtell Original Music Composer
Arthur A. Ross Screenplay
Howard J. Green Screenplay
Frank Redman Director of Photography
Martin Mooney Writer
Tom Oliphant Set Decoration
Roy Granville Sound
Albert S. D'Agostino Art Direction
Lucius O. Croxton Art Direction
C. Bakaleinikoff Music Director
Gerd Oswald Assistant Director
United States 16 December 1946
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