“So Hot - They Put Him In The Cooler!”
This drama chronicles the extreme measures taken by a determined young crime reporter to get an interview with a notorious convict. The zealous journalist, also a star quarterback on the town college team, decides to become a convict himself. He gets into the prison, becomes president of the prisoners' union, does his interview, successfully woo's the warden's daughter, and gets out in time to publish his story before anyone else does. His career is off to a tremendous start.
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Ralph Byrd
Jimmy O'Brien
Known for
Jungle Book
Virginia Vale
Betty Collins
Also in
Blonde Comet
Bullet Code
William Beaudine
Martin Mooney
Jed Buell
William Halligan
Warden Collins
Also in
Moontide
Dick Tracy
Richard L'Estrange
Dick Rich
Tom Barnes
Known for
Western Union
Charles Wayne
Herbert Rawlinson
District Attorney
Known for
Jail Bait
Dark Victory
Cecil Weston
Mrs. Briggs
Also in
Money Madness
Banjo on My Knee
Tom Herbert
Carnation Charlie
Also in
Bed of Roses
Double or Nothing
William Beaudine Director · Martin Mooney Screenplay
United States release February 6, 1942 · Produced in United States · Production Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC)
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PRC
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Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC)
Production · Distribution
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · February 6, 1942
Theatrical
Mexico
September 13, 1944
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