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Gangs, Inc./Paper Bullets 1941 – Jack La Rue/Joan Woodbury/Alan Ladd

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When she was a little girl, she saw her father gunned down right in front of her. When she got older, she was tricked into taking the rap for a hit-and-run committed by her boyfriend. The experience left her bitter and so she puts her efforts into becoming a crime-boss. Also known as Paper Bullets.

CAST:
Joan Woodbury as Rita Adams
Jack La Rue as Mickey Roman
Linda Ware as Donna Andrews
John Archer as Bob Elliott
Vince Barnett as Scribbler, a petty forger
Alan Ladd as Jimmy Kelly aka Bill Dugan
Gavin Gordon as Kurt Parrish
Phillip Trent as Harold DeWitt
William Halligan as Police Chief Flynn
George Pembroke as Clarence DeWitt
Selmer Jackson as District Attorney
Kenneth Harlan as Jim Adams
Bryant Washburn as Attorney Bruce King
Alden “Stephen” Chase as Detective Joe Kent
Robert Strange as Lou Wood
Alex Callam as Joe Fagan
Harry Depp as Johnny Mason
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They Made Me a Criminal (1939) – John Garfield/The Dead End Kids/Claude Rains

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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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In the Wake of the Bounty (1933) ERROL FLYNN

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Stars: Errol Flynn, Arthur Greenaway, Mayne Lynton
Director: Charles Chauvel
Writer: Charles Chauvel (scenario)

Errol Flynn made his screen debut as Fletcher Christian in this Australian feature which blends drama with documentary as it explores the infamous story of the H.M.S. Bounty! The documentary footage visits Pitcairn Island, the actual island where Christian and his men took shelter and visits with several islanders descendants of the Bounty’s crew.

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