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Outside These Walls

SAFER WITH KILLERS INSIDE THESE CELLS...THAN WITH WOMEN WITHOUT HEARTS!

7.5

1h 0m

1939

“SAFER WITH KILLERS INSIDE THESE CELLS...THAN WITH WOMEN WITHOUT HEARTS!”

Synopsis

Walen plays Dan Sparling, a convicted embezzler who becomes editor of his prison newspaper. After serving out his sentence, he sets up an independent newspaper devoted to attacking corruption in public life, encountering various difficulties due to his being an ex-con and opposition from the incumbent administration.

Director

Ray McCarey

DramaCrime

prisonrehabilitationnewspaper man

Cast & Crew

Michael Whalen

Michael Whalen

as Dan Sparling

Dolores Costello

Dolores Costello

as Margaret Bronson

Virginia Weidler

Virginia Weidler

as Ellen Sparling

Don Beddoe

Don Beddoe

as Dinky

Selmer Jackson

Selmer Jackson

as John Wilson

Mary Forbes

Mary Forbes

as Gertrude Bishop

Robert Emmett Keane

Robert Emmett Keane

as Sam Fulton

Pierre Watkin

Pierre Watkin

as Hewitt Bronson

Kathleen Lockhart

Kathleen Lockhart

as Miss Thornton

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