Each Dawn I Die

As a pugnacious reporter, Cagney unearths evidence that will put some high-level politicians in jail. Before he can get his material into print, he is abducted, knocked unconscious and put into a car. Booze is poured over him, and the car is sent careening down the street. It runs over a man and kills him. The brutal frame works; Cagney is convicted of manslaughter. In jail, he befriends Raft, a crime boss. On the train to the Big House, Raft jokingly asks Cagney to "write a piece about me. I like my name in the paper." At Rocky Point Prison, Cagney repeatedly applies for parole, but is turned down. He becomes so embittered that he throws his lot in with Raft, the ...