Outside These Walls (1939)
Walen plays Dan Sparling, a convicted embezzler who becomes editor of his prison newspaper. After serving out his sentence, he sets up an independent newspaper devoted to attacking corruption in public life, encountering various difficulties due to his being an ex-con and opposition from the incumbent administration.
Director:
Ray McCarey
Writer:
Harold Buchman
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Michael Whalen as Dan Sparling |
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Dolores Costello as Margaret Bronson |
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Virginia Weidler as Ellen Sparling |
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Don Beddoe as Dinky |
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Selmer Jackson as John Wilson |
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Mary Forbes as Gertrude Bishop |
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Robert Emmett Keane as Sam Fulton |
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Pierre Watkin as Hewitt Bronson |
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Kathleen Lockhart as Miss Thornton |
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Dick Curtis as Flint |
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Erville Alderson as Sauers (uncredited) |
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Matthew Beard as Penny (uncredited) |
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Clem Bevans as Smedley (uncredited) |
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Dorothy Comingore as Secretary (uncredited) |
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Joe Devlin as Circulation Man (uncredited) |
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Winifred Drew as Bit Role (uncredited) |
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Richard Fiske as Prisoner (uncredited) |
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Lorna Gray as Secretary (uncredited) |
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Kenneth MacDonald as Hutchins (uncredited) |
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Rita Owin as Teacher (uncredited) |
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Robert Sterling as Reporter (uncredited) |
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Florence Wix as Miss Strawbridge (uncredited) |
| Directing | Ray McCarey | Director |
| Writing | Harold Buchman | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ferdinand Reyher | Story |
| Camera | Lucien Ballard | Director of Photography |
| Editing | James Sweeney | Editor |
| Sound | Jack A. Goodrich | Sound |
