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Status
Released
Release
1932
Runtime
1h 15m
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"The Season's Dramatic Thunderbolt! From the Play that Rocked the Nation!"
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.
17 Cast Members
Preston Foster
John 'Killer' Mears, Cell 4
Howard Phillips
Richard 'Dick' Walters, Cell 5
George E. Stone
Joe Berg, Cell 1
Noel Madison
D'Amoro, Cell 6
Alan Roscoe
Kirby... Cell 7 (as Allan Roscoe)
Paul Fix
Eddie Werner... Cell 8
Alec B. Francis
Father O'Connor
Albert J. Smith
Drake, Guard
Al Hill
Fred Mayer... Cell 3
Daniel L. Haynes
Sonny Jackson... Cell 2
Edward Van Sloan
Rabbi
Louise Carter
Mrs. Walters
Ralph Theodore
Pat Callahan... Principal Keeper
Jack Kennedy
Mike O'Flaherty, Guard
William Scott
Peddie... Guard
Kenneth MacDonald
Harris... Guard
Frank Sheridan
Warden Frank Lewis