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Film details
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Featuring
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Director
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Country
USA
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Year
1938
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Genre
Gangster
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Type
Film
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Category
Fiction
Synopsis
Two boys from the slums go down different paths after attempting to break into a boxcar - Rocky, who is caught and sent to Reform School goes on to become a major local criminal and gangster, and Jerry, who goes on to become a priest involved in trying to reclaim youngsters from the area and prevent them becoming criminals. The local youngsters look up to Rocky and idolise and emulate him. Jerry's campaign against racketeers and a corrupt politician put his life in danger, but Rocky kills those plotting against him. Tried and sentenced to death, Jerry persuades Rocky to redeem himself, and the gang of juvenile delinquents from further crime, by feigning cowardice in the electric chair to destroy his heroic image.
Cast & Credits
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Cast
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William "Rocky" Sullivan
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Father Jerome "Jerry" Connolly
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James Frazier
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Laury Ferguson
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Mac Keefer
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Soapy
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Swing
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Bim
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Pasty
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Crab
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Hunky
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Steve
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Guard Edwards
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Blackie
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Rocky as a boy
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Jerry as a boy
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Laury as a child
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cast member
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[Guard Kennedy]
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[Bugs, the gunman]
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[police captain]
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[priest]
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[death row guard]
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[Mrs Patrick]
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[Soapy's mother]
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[warden]
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[railroad yard watchman]
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[Red]
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[Maggione boy]
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[policeman with tomato]
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[basketball captain]
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[pharmacist]
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[gangster]
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[gangster]
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[gangster]
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[Italian storekeeper]
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[Inspector Buckley]
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[boy in poolroom]
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[boy in poolroom]
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[Norton J. White]
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[convict]
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[convict]
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[convict]
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[convict]
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[convict]
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[whimpering convict]
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[Mrs Maggione]
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[newsboy]
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[railroad guard]
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[railroad guard]
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[headwaiter]
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[gunman]
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Credits
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Direction:
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Director
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Dialogue Director
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[Assistant Director]
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[Second Assistant Director]
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[Script Clerk]
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[Script Clerk]
Production:
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Production Company
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[Executive Producer]
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[Executive Producer]
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[Producer]
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[Unit Manager]
Writing:
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Script
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Script
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Original Story
Photography:
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Director of Photography
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[2nd Camera]
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[Assistant Camera]
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[Gaffer]
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[Best Boy]
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[Grip]
Editing:
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Editor
Design:
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Art Director
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[Props]
Costumes:
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Gowns
Music:
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Music
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Music Director
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Orchestral Arrangements
Sound:
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Sound
Consultant:
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Technical Adviser
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