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Behind Prison Gates is a 1939 American crime film directed by Charles Barton and written by Arthur T. Horman and Leslie T. White. The film stars Brian Donlevy, Julie Bishop, Joseph Crehan, Paul Fix, George Lloyd and Dick Curtis. The film was released on July 28, 1939, by Columbia Pictures.
With Brian Donlevy, Julie Bishop, Joseph Crehan, Paul Fix. Det. Norman Craig assumes the identity of a dead bank robber (killed in a police shoot out), Red Murray, so he can infiltrate the prison and find three other bank robbers that the police are looking for.
- (35)
- Action, Adventure, Crime
- Charles Barton
- 1939-07-28
Behind Prison Gates is a 1939 American crime film directed by Charles Barton and written by Arthur T. Horman and Leslie T. White. The film stars Brian Donlevy, Julie...
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Norman Craig (Brian Donlevy), an undercover operative in the State Attorney's office, poses as "Red" Murray, a dead bank robber and goes to the state prison as a convict. He is after information that will lead to the recovery of the stolen loot hidden by a pair of convicted cop-killers.
Seeking to uncover the location where a pair of bank robbers and police killers have hidden their stolen loot, Norman Craig, an agent in the service of the State's Attorney's office, adopts the name of deceased criminal Red Murray and incarcerates himself behind prison gates.
"better to die in a fight for freedom than a living death behind bars!" Overview An agent for the state attorney general poses as a convict to learn about bank loot.
