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.

Humphrey Bogart
as Frank Wilson

Gale Page
as Madge Stone

Billy Halop
as John 'Johnny' Stone

John Litel
as Attorney Carey

Henry Travers
as Pop

Harvey Stephens
as Fred Burke

Harold Huber
as Scappa

Joe Sawyer
as Red

Joe Downing
as Smitty

George E. Stone
as Toad
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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 ...