The read
A Balasaur Score of 69 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.9/10. It runs a compact 1h 30m. Streaming on Max.
Synopsis
Members of a teenage gang are sent to the State Reformatory, presided over by the callous Thompson. Soon Patsy Gargan, a former gangster appointed Deputy Commissioner, arrives and takes over the administration to run the place on radical principles. Thompson needs a quick way to discredit him.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
33 audience votes
Key crew
- Archie MayoDirector
- Edward ChodorovScreenplay
Cast
- James CagneyRichard 'Patsy' Gargan
- Madge EvansDorothy Griffith
- Frankie DarroJames 'Jimmie' Smith
- Dudley DiggesThompson
- Arthur ByronJudge H.J. Gilbert
- Allen JenkinsMike
- Sheila TerryBlonde with Mike
- Robert BarratFred Smith
- Allen 'Farina' HoskinsJoliet "Smoke" Hemingway
- Harold HuberJoe
- Dorothy PetersonMrs. Smith
- G. Pat CollinsBrandon
Stills
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Themes
firejudgenurseyouth ganggangsolitary confinementjuvenile delinquentreformatorypre-codereform schoolrevoltsick child