John Thompson is kidnapped by mobsters after quitting his job. Then he is arrested, tried, and sentenced to death for murders they committed. A suspicious detective thinks he is innocent and works to save his life.
Steven Mathews
Preston Foster
Connie Stewart
Ann Dvorak
John Thompson
John Beal
Bright Boy Schultz
Ray Mayer
Slim Tolliver
Gordon Jones
MacAndrews
Russell Hopton
Nick Trotti
J. Carrol Naish
Tip Fuller
Paul Hurst
Clyde Beasley
Frank Jenks
Jerry Daley
John Wray
M.L. Carter
Frank M. Thomas
John Barkley
Barnett Parker
Kwong
Willie Fung
Joe Donahue
John Carroll
Mike Brannigan
DeWitt Jennings
Warden Lawton
Landers Stevens
Macy
John 'Skins' Miller
Prison Chaplain
Howard Hickman
Detective Mitchell
Robert Emmett O'Connor
Mr. Armitage (uncredited)
Oscar Apfel
Policeman Passenger (uncredited)
William Bailey
Airport Porter (uncredited)
Willie Best
Plainclothesman with Rifle (uncredited)
Stanley Blystone
Agitated Citizen in Mob (uncredited)
Harry Bowen
Worker Throwing Stone (uncredited)
Ed Brady
Hit-and-Run Victim (uncredited)
Sonny Bupp
Charlie Gaunt (uncredited)
William Burress
Police Lab Technician (uncredited)
Ralph Byrd
Prison Guard Sergeant (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler
Dr. Hedges (uncredited)
Wallis Clark
Guard in Visitor's Room (uncredited)
Frank Fanning
Police Officer Johnson (uncredited)
Jim Farley
Reporter (uncredited)
Jerry Fletcher
Police Driver (uncredited)
Eddie Hart
Blake's Associate (uncredited)
Dell Henderson
Convict (uncredited)
Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian
Reporter (uncredited)
Al Herman
District Attorney Knight (uncredited)
Russell Hicks
Governor's Secretary (uncredited)
Arthur Hoyt
Ed Stanley (uncredited)
Edward Keane
Agitated Citizen at Shoeshine Stand (uncredited)
Donald Kerr
Judge (uncredited)
Edward LeSaint
Prison Yard Captain (uncredited)
Wilfred Lucas
Prison Lab Technician (uncredited)
Frank Marlowe
Death-Row Captain Harris (uncredited)
Tom McGuire
Prison Guard with Machine Gun (uncredited)
Bruce Mitchell
Guard Escorting Kwong to Gallows (uncredited)
Philip Morris
Convict Making Noise with Cup (uncredited)
Jack Perry
Black Convict (uncredited)
George H. Reed
Man in District Attorney's Office (uncredited)
Larry Steers
Cell Block E Convict (uncredited)
Charles Sullivan
Defense Attorney (uncredited)
Richard Tucker
Plainclothesman Finding Gun (uncredited)
Monte Vandergrift
Convict (uncredited)
Sailor Vincent
Prison Lieutenant (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan
Cell Block E Convict (uncredited)
Max Wagner
Travel Bureau Customer (uncredited)
Ethel Wales
The Governor (uncredited)
Walter Walker
Martin Blake (uncredited)
Bryant Washburn