Summary
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.
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Cast
James Cagney
Richard 'Patsy' Gargan
Madge Evans
Dorothy Griffith
Frankie Darro
James 'Jimmie' Smith
Dudley Digges
Thompson
Arthur Byron
Judge H.J. Gilbert
Allen Jenkins
Mike
Sheila Terry
Blonde with Mike
Robert Barrat
Fred Smith
Allen 'Farina' Hoskins
Joliet "Smoke" Hemingway
Harold Huber
Joe
Dorothy Peterson
Mrs. Smith
G. Pat Collins
Brandon
Edwin Maxwell
Louis Johnson
John Marston
Hopkins
William V. Mong
Mr. Walters
Mickey Bennett
Butch Kilgore
Sidney Miller
Isidore "Izzy" Horowitz
Hobart Cavanaugh
Mr. Gorman
George Humbert
Mr. Carmonotti
Raymond Borzage
Johnny 'Skinny' Stone
George Offerman, Jr.
Charlie Burns
James Donlan
Sam (uncredited)
Ben Hendricks Jr.
Guard Taking Jimmy to Thompson (uncredited)
Gladden James
Car Owner Paying 25¢ (uncredited)
Wilfred Lucas
Bill (uncredited)
Wallace MacDonald
Man in Johnson's Office (uncredited)
Adrian Morris
Car Owner Refusing to Pay (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor
Cop in Court (uncredited)
Hector V. Sarno
Hollis (uncredited)
Andy Shuford
Boy Judge (uncredited)
William H. Strauss
Mr. Horowitz (uncredited)
Charles Sullivan
Collector (uncredited)
Ben Taggart
Sheriff (uncredited)
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
Mr. Hemingway (uncredited)
Sailor Vincent
Guard (uncredited)
Charles C. Wilson
Wilson (uncredited)
Harry Wilson
Joe's Henchman (uncredited)
Dorothea Wolbert
Mrs. Burns (uncredited)