The read
It runs a compact 1h 5m.
Synopsis
A tough street kid attempts to rob a post office and is caught. In order to avoid reform school, he takes a job as a messenger with the post office. He finds that he likes it, and when his brother is released from prison, attempts to help his brother go straight. However, the two of them get mixed up with a local gangster, who has plans to start robbing post office branches and using the messenger and his brother to do it.
Ratings
IMDb5.8/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Arthur LubinDirector
- Arthur T. HormanScreenplay
Cast
- Billy HalopJimmy Hogan
- Huntz Hall'Pig'
- Robert ArmstrongKirk Graham
- Mary CarlisleMarge Hogan
- Anne NagelFrances O'Neill
- Victor JoryEd Hogan
- Buster CrabbeChuck Walsh
- El Brendel'Baldy'
- Jimmy ButlerBob Prichard
- George Offerman, Jr.Big Lip
Stills
Themes
dead end kidslittle tough guys