Summary
Blackwell’s Island is an American crime film first released in 1939,
directed by William C. McGann and Michael Curtiz.
The film stars John Garfield, Rosemary Lane, Dick Purcell, Victor Jory and Stanley Fields.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: William C. McGann, Michael Curtiz
- Script: Lee Katz, Crane Wilbur
- Photo: Sidney Hickox
- Music: Bernhard Kaun
- Cast: John Garfield (Tim Raydon), Rosemary Lane (Mary ’Sunny’ Walsh), Dick Purcell (Terry Walsh), Victor Jory (Commissioner Thomas MacNair), Stanley Fields (’Bull’ Bransom), Morgan Conway (Steve Cardigan), Granville Bates (Prison Warden Stuart ’Stu’ Granger), Anthony Averill (Brower, a Henchman), Peggy Shannon (Pearl Murray), Charley Foy (Benny Farmer), Norman Willis (Mike Garth, a Henchman), Joe Cunningham (Ben Rawden), Wade Boteler (Captain Pedersen), William B. Davidson (Defense Attorney Hempel), Leon Ames (County Prosceutor Ballinger), Raymond Bailey (Cash Sutton, a Henchman), Sam Bernard (Prison Vendor), James Blaine (Police Officer), Frank Bruno (Bookie), Eddy Chandler (Headkeeper Jameson), Lane Chandler (Policeman at Ballinger’s), Harry Cody (Guard), Steve Darrell (Convict), Joe De Stefani (First Dockworker), John Dilson (Finlay), Demetris Emanuel (Second Dockworker), Eddie Foster (Convict), Chester Gan (Wong, Prison Laundryman), Jack Gardner (Convict), William Gould (Deputy Warden Michaels), George Guhl (Police Officer), John Harron (Deputy District Attorney), Harry Harvey (Convict), Lew Harvey (Guard), Al Herman (Prison Waiter), Robert Homans (Dock Guard), Sam Jackson (Sam, a Black Convict), Vera Lewis (Hospital Desk Nurse), Fred Malatesta (Third Dockworker), Herman Marks (Convict), Brenda Marshall (Reynolds’ Secretary), Walter Miller (Guard), Will Morgan (MacNair’s Secretary), George Offerman Jr. (Messenger with an Orchid), Jimmy O’Gatty (Rico Ide, a Henchman), Henry Otho (Guard), Bob Perry (Convict), Herbert Rawlinson (Dave Reynolds), Dick Rich (Guard), Charles Seel (Surgeon), Gus Sonnenberg (Guard), James Spottswood (Garner), Milburn Stone (Max (deputy commissioner)), Charles Sullivan (Convict), Monte Vandergrift (Guard at Prison Dock), Billy Wayne (Second Prison Vendor), Dick Wessel (Convict), Lottie Williams (Mrs. Walsh), Jack Wise (Prison Barber), Walter Young (Judge Gately)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 71 min; B&W
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