Fast-moving melodrama. McLaglen, a captain of the guards at a reformatory, is elevated to the position of acting warden after apprehending escaped prisoners, including Cooper. He also obtains some gangster loot but, instead of turning this in, holds onto the stolen money for family
security. Cooper is wrongly tried and convicted for a killing connected with the break and is sentenced to death. He tearfully accuses McLaglen of stealing the money from the gangsters engineering the break, explaining that he only wanted to be free to get money to further his education. At first
it appears that McLaglen will let the innocent youth go to the chair. Then a berserk trusty ...
Released:
1939
Rated:
NR
Length:
78 mins