Behind Prison Gates
6.3
“"BETTER TO DIE IN A FIGHT FOR FREEDOM THAN A LIVING DEATH BEHIND BARS!"”
An agent for the state attorney general poses as a convict to learn about bank loot.
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Cast
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Brian Donlevy
Agent Norman Craig / Red Murray
Known for
The Quatermass Xperiment
Hangmen Also Die!
Julie Bishop
Sheila Murray (as Jacqueline Wells)
Known for
The Black Cat
Westward the Women
Joseph Crehan
Prison Warden O'Neil
Known for
The Roaring Twenties
Phantom Lady
Paul Fix
Convict Petey Ryan
Known for
To Kill a Mockingbird
Zabriskie Point
George Lloyd
Convict Marty Conroy
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Mr. Wong, Detective
I Accuse My Parents
Dick Curtis
Capt. Simmons
Known for
Batman
Richard Fiske
Agent Lyman
Known for
The Major and the Minor
Charles Barton Director · Arthur T. Horman Screenplay Leslie T. White Screenplay
United States release July 28, 1939 · Produced in United States
Production
Columbia Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · July 28, 1939
Theatrical
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