The read
It runs a compact 1h 26m.
Synopsis
A modern-day tale of gangsterism and revenge. After a notorious mobster murders a Jewish tailor and is let off for the crime, a band of outraged high-school students turns into vigilante crusaders hell-bent on punishing the wrongdoers. Memorable pre-Code moment: the students torturing a gangster by dangling him over a pit filled with rats.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
3 audience votes
Key crew
- Bartlett CormackScreenplay
- Cecil B. DeMilleDirector
Cast
- Charles BickfordLouis Garrett
- Richard CromwellSteve Smith
- Judith AllenGay Merrick
- Bradley PageToledo
- Harry GreenHerman
- Ben AlexanderMorry Dover
- Edward NugentDon Merrick
- Lester ArnoldSam Weber
- Charles MiddletonDistrict Attorney
- George BarbierJudge Maguire
- Samuel S. HindsMayor
- Billy GilbertNightclub Manager
Stills
Themes
pre-code