You Can't Get Away with Murder (1939)
Johnnie learns crime from petty thug Frank Wilson. When Wilson kills a pawnbroker with a gun stolen from Johnnie's sister Madge's fiance Fred Burke, Fred goes to Sing Sing's death house. Wilson uses all the pressure can to keep Johnnie silent, even after he and Johnnie themselves wind up in the big house.
Director:
Lewis Seiler
Writers:
Robert Buckner, Don Ryan, Kenneth Gamet.
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Humphrey Bogart as Frank Wilson |
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Gale Page as Madge Stone |
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Billy Halop as John 'Johnny' Stone |
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John Litel as Attorney Carey |
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Henry Travers as Pop |
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Harvey Stephens as Fred Burke |
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Harold Huber as Scappa |
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Joe Sawyer as Red |
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Joe Downing as Smitty |
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George E. Stone as Toad |
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Joe King as Prison Guard |
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Joseph Crehan as Warden of Sing Sing |
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John Ridgely as Gas Station Proprietor |
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Herbert Rawlinson as District Attorney |
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Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson as Sam (uncredited) |
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Sidney Bracey as Tourist on Boat (uncredited) |
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Edwin Brian as Billiards Observer (uncredited) |
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Frankie Burke as Billiards Player (uncredited) |
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Eddy Chandler as Attacked Keeper (uncredited) |
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Noble 'Kid' Chissell as Convict (uncredited) |
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Martin Cichy as Guard (uncredited) |
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Hal Craig as Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited) |
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Tom Dugan as 'Lock' Man Inventor (uncredited) |
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Edgar Edwards as Trainer (uncredited) |
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Frank Faylen as Boat Tour Guide (uncredited) |
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Jack A. Goodrich as Stenographer (uncredited) |
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John Harron as Convict Remaining in Cell (uncredited) |
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Robert Homans as Keeper Burns (uncredited) |
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Frank Mayo as Keeper Collins (uncredited) |
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Jack Mower as Keeper Monahan (uncredited) |
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Robert Emmett O'Connor as First Detective (uncredited) |
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George Offerman, Jr. as Billiards Player (uncredited) |
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Garry Owen as Lock Man Inventor (uncredited) |
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Emory Parnell as Second Detective (uncredited) |
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Cliff Saum as Officer (uncredited) |
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Gertrude Short as Peg (uncredited) |
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Robert Strange as Chapin Loan Co. Pawnbroker (uncredited) |
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George Taylor as Prisoner (uncredited) |
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Tom Wilson as Pool Hall Proprietor (uncredited) |
| Directing | Lewis Seiler | Director |
| Writing | Robert Buckner | Screenplay |
| Writing | Don Ryan | Screenplay |
| Production | Louis Baum | Unit Manager |
| Art | Hugh Reticker | Art Direction |
| Writing | Kenneth Gamet | Screenplay |
| Writing | Lewis E. Lawes | Theatre Play |
| Costume & Make-Up | Milo Anderson | Costume Design |
| Sound | Francis J. Scheid | Sound |
| Sound | Leo F. Forbstein | Music Director |
| Writing | Jonathan Finn | Theatre Play |
| Camera | Sol Polito | Director of Photography |
| Editing | James Gibbon | Editor |
| Production | Samuel Bischoff | Associate Producer |
| Production | Hal B. Wallis | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jack L. Warner | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Heinz Roemheld | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | William Kissell | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eugene Joseff | Other |
| Sound | Hugo Friedhofer | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Arthur Kay | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Rudolph G. Kopp | Orchestrator |