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Within the Law (1939)

GIRLS WITHOUT SHAME! LADIES OF THE BIG HOUSE!...what happens to them when they get out?...See the bold, dramatic answer in..."WITHIN THE LAW"

6.5(6)1h 5mMarch 17, 1939

Crime Drama Romance

Gustav Machatý

Director

Charles Lederer, Edith Fitzgerald

Writers

Rate

Diary

Overview

Shopgirl Mary Turner, sentenced to prison for someone else's theft, is released and takes revenge upon those who wronged her in powerful but lawful ways.

Cast

Ruth Hussey

Mary Turner

Tom Neal

Richard Gilder

Paul Kelly

Joe Garson

William Gargan

Police Sergeant Cassidy

Within the Law · Cinemalant

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Paul Cavanagh

English Eddie Morton

Rita Johnson

Agnes Lynch

Samuel S. Hinds

Mr. Gilder

Lynne Carver

June

Sidney Blackmer

George Demarest

Jo Ann Sayers

Helen Morris - the Thief

Ann Morriss

Saleswoman

James Burke

'Red'

Donald Douglas

Inspector Burke

Cliff Clark

McGuire

Claude King

Art Dealer

Frank Orth

Jim Jenks

Status: Released
Original language: English
Release date: March 17, 1939
Production: Loew's Incorporated, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Country: United States of America

Keywords

b moviewrongful conviction

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