Blackwell's Island

A reporter gets himself sent to prison to expose a mobster.

Cast

John Garfield

as Tim Haydon

Rosemary Lane

as Mary 'Sunny' Walsh

Dick Purcell

as Terry Walsh

Victor Jory

as Thomas MacNair

Stanley Fields

as 'Bull' Bransom

Morgan Conway

as Steve Cardigan

Granville Bates

as Stuart Granger

Anthony Averill

as Brower

Peggy Shannon

as Pearl Murray

Charley Foy

as Benny Farmer

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