You Can't Get Away with Murder

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.

Cast

Humphrey Bogart

Humphrey Bogart

as Frank Wilson

Gale Page

Gale Page

as Madge Stone

Billy Halop

Billy Halop

as John 'Johnny' Stone

John Litel

John Litel

as Attorney Carey

Henry Travers

Henry Travers

as Pop

Harvey Stephens

Harvey Stephens

as Fred Burke

Harold Huber

Harold Huber

as Scappa

Joe Sawyer

Joe Sawyer

as Red

Joe Downing

Joe Downing

as Smitty

George E. Stone

George E. Stone

as Toad

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Even though the star of the piece was Humphrey Bogart, the best performance here belongs to the young Billy Halop ("Johnnie") who falls in with petty criminal "Wilson" (Bogart). The latter man pinches a gun from the younger man's soon-to-be brother in law, and when it is used in a killing, it's the ...

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