Sheriff Holt is determined to prove that prisoners can be rehabilitated and released into society in this prison drama. In charge of a new kind of program, the sheriff places inmates in a clean environment and makes them build a road. Despite the improved conditions, the criminals continue to pull off a few shady shenanigans as an innocent man who is sent there soon discovers.
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19 people
Jack Holt
Sheriff Lawson
Known for
Cat People
They Were Expendable
Marian Marsh
Ann Baldwin
Known for
Svengali
The Black Room
Lewis D. Collins
Albert DeMond
Larry Darmour
Robert Barrat
Chester Russell
Known for
Captain Blood
Distant Drums
Stanley Roberts
Phillip Terry
Bill Harding
Known for
The Lost Weekend
Born to Kill
Dennis Moore
Slugger Martin
Known for
The Mummy's Curse
Jack La Rue
Red Nelson
Known for
A Farewell to Arms
Captains Courageous
George Offerman, Jr.
Ted Baldwin
Known for
A Walk in the Sun
Frankie Burke
Sobby Taylor
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Angels with Dirty Faces
Lewis D. Collins Director · Albert DeMond Writer Stanley Roberts Writer
United States release October 5, 1940 · Produced in United States · Production Larry Darmour Productions
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Columbia Pictures
Production · Distribution
Larry Darmour Productions
Production
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · October 5, 1940
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Mexico
April 17, 1941
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