75 minutes
8/17/1932
Richard Walters is condemned to death for a murder he claims not to have committed. He arrives on death row just before a brutal inmate leads the other convicts in a violent uprising. Walters gets caught up in the riot, while on the outside his friends are trying to find evidence of his innocence.
Preston Foster
as John 'Killer' Mears, Cell 4
Howard Phillips
as Richard 'Dick' Walters, Cell 5
George E. Stone
as Joe Berg, Cell 1
Noel Madison
as D'Amoro, Cell 6
Alan Roscoe
as Kirby... Cell 7 (as Allan Roscoe)
Paul Fix
as Eddie Werner... Cell 8
Alec B. Francis
as Father O'Connor
Albert J. Smith
as Drake, Guard
Al Hill
as Fred Mayer... Cell 3
Daniel L. Haynes
as Sonny Jackson... Cell 2
Edward Van Sloan
as Rabbi
Louise Carter
as Mrs. Walters
Ralph Theodore
as Pat Callahan... Principal Keeper
Jack Kennedy
as Mike O'Flaherty, Guard
William Scott
as Peddie... Guard
Kenneth MacDonald
as Harris... Guard
Frank Sheridan
as Warden Frank Lewis