Within the Law

Shopgirl Mary Turner, sentenced to prison for someone else's theft, is released and takes revenge upon those who wronged her in powerful but lawful ways.

Cast

Ruth Hussey

as Mary Turner

Tom Neal

as Richard Gilder

Paul Kelly

as Joe Garson

William Gargan

as Police Sergeant Cassidy

Paul Cavanagh

as English Eddie Morton

Rita Johnson

as Agnes Lynch

Samuel S. Hinds

as Mr. Gilder

Lynne Carver

as June

Sidney Blackmer

as George Demarest

Jo Ann Sayers

as Helen Morris - the Thief

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