
103 minutes
8/19/1950
Ralph Cotter, a ruthless criminal, escapes violently from a farm prison. Then, he seduces a dead inmate’s sister, gets back quickly into the crime business, faces corrupt local cops who run the city’s underworld and meets a powerful tycoon’s whimsical daughter.

James Cagney
as Ralph Cotter

Barbara Payton
as Holiday Carleton

Helena Carter
as Margaret Dobson

Ward Bond
as Inspector Charles Weber

Luther Adler
as Keith 'Cherokee' Mandon

Barton MacLane
as Lieutenant John Reece

Steve Brodie
as Joe 'Jinx' Raynor

Rhys Williams
as Vic Mason

Herbert Heyes
as Ezra Dobson

John Litel
as Police Chief Sam Tolgate

William Frawley
as Byers

Robert Karnes
as Detective Tom Gray

Kenneth Tobey
as Detective Tobey

Dan Riss
as District Attorney

Frank Reicher
as Darius 'Doc' Green

John Halloran
as Peter Cobbett
Mark Strong
as Bailiff (uncredited)

Neville Brand
as Carleton (uncredited)

Frank Wilcox
as Doctor (uncredited)
Dan Ferniel
as Highness (uncredited)
George Spaulding
as Judge George Spaulding (uncredited)

Ann Tyrrell
as Miss Staines (uncredited)

Mack Williams
as Mr. Hartford (uncredited)
William Cagney
as Ralph's Brother (uncredited)