They Made Me a Criminal is a 1939 American Warner Bros. drama crime film directed by Busby Berkeley and starring John Garfield, Claude Rains, and The Dead End Kids.
It is a remake of the 1933 film The Life of Jimmy Dolan. The film was later featured in an episode of Cinema Insomnia. Portions of the film were shot in the Coachella Valley, California
CAST:
John Garfield as Johnny Bradfield
Gloria Dickson as Peggy
Claude Rains as Det. Monty Phelan
Ann Sheridan as Goldie West
May Robson as Grandma Rafferty
Billy Halop as Tommy
Bobby Jordan as Angel
Leo Gorcey as Spit
Gabriel Dell as T.B.
Huntz Hall as Dippy
Bernard Punsly as Milt (credited as Bernard Punsley)
Ward Bond as Lenihan
William B. Davidson as the Sheriff
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what a cast, and what a year for movies.
thanks for the movie good flix