Roger Touhy, Gangster (1944)
Set during Prohibition, the movie centers on Touhy's rise from small time thug to the city's most powerful bootlegger whose empire is rivaled only by that of Al Capone (who is referred to, but never named in the story). It is his rival who frames Touhy for kidnapping and arranges for him to serve a life-long term in Stateville prison. Determined to be free again, the desperate Touhy and his cellmate Basil "the Owl" Banghart, begin plotting a violent break out.
Director:
Robert Florey
Writers:
Crane Wilbur, Jerome Cady.
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Preston Foster as Roger Touhy |
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Victor McLaglen as Herman "Owl" Banghart |
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Lois Andrews as Daisy |
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Kent Taylor as Steve Warren |
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Anthony Quinn as George Carroll |
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William Post Jr. as Joseph P. Sutton |
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Harry Morgan as Thomas "Smoke" Reardon |
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Matt Briggs as Cameron |
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Moroni Olsen as Riley |
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Reed Hadley as FBI Agent Boyden |
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Trudy Marshall as Gloria |
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John Archer as FBI Agent Kerrigan |
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Frank Jenks as Bernard "Troubles" O'Connor |
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George E. Stone as "Ice Box" Hamilton |
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Charles Lang as FBI Agent |
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Kane Richmond as Mason |
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Bess Flowers as Daisy's Courtroom Companion (uncredited) |
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Byron Foulger as Court Clerk (uncredited) |
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Frank Orth as . Comic in Theater (uncredited) |
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Addison Richards as Priest (uncredited) |
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Roy Roberts as Frank Williams - FBI Chief (uncredited) |
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Grant Withers as FBI Man Detaining 'Ice Box' (uncredited) |
| Directing | Robert Florey | Director |
| Writing | Crane Wilbur | Screenplay |
| Writing | Jerome Cady | Screenplay |
| Writing | Crane Wilbur | Story |
