Blackwell's Island (1939)

A reporter gets himself sent to prison to expose a mobster.

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John Garfield

Tim Haydon

Rosemary Lane

Mary 'Sunny' Walsh

Dick Purcell

Terry Walsh

Victor Jory

Thomas MacNair

Stanley Fields

'Bull' Bransom

Morgan Conway

Steve Cardigan

Granville Bates

Stuart Granger

Anthony Averill

Brower

Peggy Shannon

Pearl Murray

Charley Foy

Benny Farmer

Norman Willis

Mike Garth

J

Joe Cunningham

Ben Rawden

Wade Boteler

Captain Pedersen

William B. Davidson

Hempel

Leon Ames

Ballinger (uncredited)

Raymond Bailey

Cash Sutton (uncredited)

S

Sam Bernard

Prison Vendor (uncredited)

James Blaine

Police Officer (uncredited)

Eddy Chandler

Headkeeper Jameson (uncredited)

Lane Chandler

Policeman at Ballinger's (uncredited)

H

Harry Cody

Guard (uncredited)

Steve Darrell

Convict (uncredited)

Joe De Stefani

First Dockworker (uncredited)

John Dilson

Finlay (uncredited)

D

Demetris Emanuel

Second Dockworker (uncredited)

E

Eddie Foster

Convict (uncredited)

Chester Gan

Wong (uncredited)

J

Jack Gardner

Convict (uncredited)

William Gould

Deputy Warden Michaels (uncredited)

George Guhl

Police Officer (uncredited)

John Harron

Deputy District Attorney (uncredited)

Harry Harvey

Convict (uncredited)

Lew Harvey

Guard (uncredited)

A

Al Herman

Prison Waiter (uncredited)

Robert Homans

Dock Guard (uncredited)

S

Sam Jackson

Sam (uncredited)

Vera Lewis

Hospital Desk Nurse (uncredited)

Fred Malatesta

Third Dockworker (uncredited)

H

Herman Marks

Convict (uncredited)

Brenda Marshall

Reynolds' Secretary (uncredited)

Walter Miller

Guard (uncredited)

W

Will Morgan

MacNair's Secretary (uncredited)

J

Jimmy O'Gatty

Rico Ide (uncredited)

George Offerman, Jr.

Messenger with an Orchid (uncredited)

H

Henry Otho

Guard (uncredited)

B

Bob Perry

Convict (uncredited)

Herbert Rawlinson

Dave Reynolds (uncredited)

Dick Rich

Guard (uncredited)

Charles Seel

Surgeon (uncredited)

G

Gus Sonnenberg

Guard (uncredited)

J

James Spottswood

Garner (uncredited)

Milburn Stone

Max (uncredited)

Charles Sullivan

Convict (uncredited)

M

Monte Vandergrift

Guard at Prison Dock (uncredited)

Billy Wayne

Second Prison Vendor (uncredited)

Dick Wessel

Convict (uncredited)

L

Lottie Williams

Mrs. Walsh (uncredited)

J

Jack Wise

Prison Barber (uncredited)

W

Walter Young

Judge Gately (uncredited)

F

Frank Bruno

Bookie (uncredited)

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