Crime / Thriller /

Score: 68%( 41 votes )

Overview: Ralph Cotter, a ruthless criminal, escapes violently from a farm prison. Then, he seduces a dead inmate’s sister, gets back quickly into the crime business, faces corrupt local cops who run the city’s underworld and meets a powerful tycoon’s whimsical daughter.

Cast:

James Cagney
Ralph Cotter

Barbara Payton
Holiday Carleton

Helena Carter
Margaret Dobson

Ward Bond
Inspector Charles Weber

Luther Adler
Keith 'Cherokee' Mandon

Barton MacLane
Lieutenant John Reece

Steve Brodie
Joe 'Jinx' Raynor

Rhys Williams
Vic Mason

Herbert Heyes
Ezra Dobson

John Litel
Police Chief Sam Tolgate

William Frawley
Byers

Robert Karnes
Detective Tom Gray

Kenneth Tobey
Detective Tobey

Dan Riss
District Attorney

Frank Reicher
Darius 'Doc' Green

John Halloran
Peter Cobbett

Mark Strong
Bailiff (uncredited)

Neville Brand
Carleton (uncredited)

Frank Wilcox
Doctor (uncredited)

Dan Ferniel
Highness (uncredited)

George Spaulding
Judge George Spaulding (uncredited)

Ann Tyrrell
Miss Staines (uncredited)

Mack Williams
Mr. Hartford (uncredited)

William Cagney
Ralph's Brother (uncredited)