Parole Fixer (1940)
This expose of the U.S. parole system, as seen through the eyes of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, takes dead aim on lawyers who manipulate the justice system in order to get undeserving convicts parole from prisons. The point is made when FBI agents are assigned to track down "Big Boy" Bradmore, who after getting an undeserved parole, via the efforts of a shyster lawyer, promptly murders an FBI agent.
Director:
Robert Florey
Writers:
Horace McCoy, William R. Lipman.
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William Henry as Scott Britton |
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Virginia Dale as Enid Casserly |
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Robert Paige as Steve Eddson |
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Gertrude Michael as Collette Menthe |
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Richard Denning as Bruce Eaton |
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Fay Helm as Rita Mattison |
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Anthony Quinn as Francis 'Big Boy' Bradmore |
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Harvey Stephens as Bartley Hanford |
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Marjorie Gateson as Mrs. Thorton Casserly |
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Charlotte Wynters as Nellie |
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Lyle Talbot as Ross Waring |
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Louise Beavers as Aunt Lindy |
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Paul McGrath as Tyler Craden |
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Wilfred Roberts as Frank Preston |
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Jack Carson as George Mattison |
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Richard Carle as Gustav Kalkus |
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Eddie Marr as Edward 'Slim' Racky |
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Morgan Wallace as Ben |
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Sonny Bupp as Bobby Mattison |
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Billy Lee as Jimmy Mattison |
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Harry Shannon as Randall |
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Russell Hicks as U.S. District Court Judge |
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Joseph Crehan as Warden (uncredited) |
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Byron Foulger as Florist (uncredited) |
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John Gallaudet as Edward Bradshaw (uncredited) |
| Directing | Robert Florey | Director |
| Writing | J. Edgar Hoover | Book |
| Writing | Horace McCoy | Screenplay |
| Writing | William R. Lipman | Screenplay |
| Sound | John Leipold | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Leo Shuken | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Harry Fischbeck | Director of Photography |
| Art | John B. Goodman | Art Direction |
| Production | Edward T. Lowe Jr. | Producer |
| Art | Hans Dreier | Art Direction |
| Editing | Harvey Johnston | Editor |
| Directing | Joe Lefert | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Gerard Carbonara | Original Music Composer |
