Blackwell's Island
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A reporter gets himself sent to prison to expose a mobster.
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John Garfield
Tim Haydon
Known for
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George Offerman Jr.
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Albert Herman
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Mary 'Sunny' Walsh
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Dick Purcell
Terry Walsh
Known for
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Victor Jory
Thomas MacNair
Known for
Papillon
Gone with the Wind
Stanley Fields
'Bull' Bransom
Known for
Island of Lost Souls
Little Caesar
Morgan Conway
Steve Cardigan
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Dick Tracy
Brother Orchid
Granville Bates
Stuart Granger
Known for
My Favorite Wife
Of Mice and Men
Anthony Averill
Brower
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Peggy Shannon
Pearl Murray
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Charley Foy
Benny Farmer
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William C. McGann Director · Crane Wilbur Screenplay Lee Katz Story
United States release March 25, 1939 · Produced in United States
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · January 24, 1939
Limited theatrical · London
United States · March 25, 1939
Theatrical
United States
March 1, 1939 · Premiere · New York City, New York
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