Roger Touhy, Gangster

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.

Cast

Preston Foster

Preston Foster

as Roger Touhy

Victor McLaglen

Victor McLaglen

as Herman "Owl" Banghart

Lois Andrews

Lois Andrews

as Daisy

Kent Taylor

Kent Taylor

as Steve Warren

Anthony Quinn

Anthony Quinn

as George Carroll

William Post Jr.

William Post Jr.

as Joseph P. Sutton

Harry Morgan

Harry Morgan

as Thomas "Smoke" Reardon

Matt Briggs

Matt Briggs

as Cameron

Moroni Olsen

Moroni Olsen

as Riley

Reed Hadley

Reed Hadley

as FBI Agent Boyden

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