Watch Outside These Walls (1939) Official Trailer
SAFER WITH KILLERS INSIDE THESE CELLS...THAN WITH WOMEN WITHOUT HEARTS!
8.8 / 10 IMDb May 4, 1939 1h 0m
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
Runtime
1h 0m
Release Date
May 4, 1939
Genre
Drama, Crime
Status
Released
Languages
English
Country
United States of America
Cast
Michael Whalen
as Dan Sparling
Dolores Costello
as Margaret Bronson
Virginia Weidler
as Ellen Sparling
Don Beddoe
as Dinky
Selmer Jackson
as John Wilson
Mary Forbes
as Gertrude Bishop
Robert Emmett Keane
as Sam Fulton
Pierre Watkin
as Hewitt Bronson
Kathleen Lockhart
as Miss Thornton
Dick Curtis
as Flint
Erville Alderson
as Sauers (uncredited)
Matthew Beard
as Penny (uncredited)
Clem Bevans
as Smedley (uncredited)
Dorothy Comingore
as Secretary (uncredited)
Joe Devlin
as Circulation Man (uncredited)
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Winifred Drew
as Bit Role (uncredited)
Richard Fiske
as Prisoner (uncredited)
Lorna Gray
as Secretary (uncredited)
Kenneth MacDonald
as Hutchins (uncredited)
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Rita Owin
as Teacher (uncredited)
Production Companies
Columbia PicturesAdvertisement
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