Crime drama starring John Garfield and Priscilla Lane. Having just completed a jail sentence for a crime he did not commit, Joe Bell is arrested for vagrancy. He is sent to a work farm where his relationship with the foreman's stepdaughter lands him in further trouble.
One of those Warner Bros "torn from today's headlines" crime movies, this routine melodrama is redeemed by the ever-excellent John Garfield. He's ideally cast as an innocent on the run, fleeing a murder rap. In jail, he falls for Priscilla Lane, the work-farm boss's stepdaughter, while newspaper editor Alan Hale takes an interest in his case. The story's more than a mite overfamiliar, but there's sterling acting from a cast of Warners regulars, including John Litel, Stanley Ridges and Moroni Olsen, and director Lewis Seiler doesn't get in the way. A little more originality all round wouldn't have gone amiss, though.
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Joe Bell | John Garfield |
| Mabel | Priscilla Lane |
| Mike Leonard | Alan Hale |
| Caruthers | Frank McHugh |
| Hank | Billy Halop |
| Jimmy | Bobby Jordan |
| Pop | Charley Grapewin |
| Nick | Henry Armetta |
| Charlie | Stanley Ridges |
| Prosecutor | John Litel |
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Director | Lewis Seiler |
