Blackmail

Blackmail

81 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller | Sept. 8, 1939

A fugitive from a chain gang becomes an oil-well firefighter and meets the man who framed him.

Blackmail

81 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller | Sept. 8, 1939

Blackmail
A fugitive from a chain gang becomes an oil-well firefighter and meets the man who framed him.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Loew's
Original title Blackmail
Directors H. C. Potter
Writers Dorothy Yost, William Ludwig, Endre Bohem, David Hertz

Cast

Edward G. Robinson

as John R. Ingram

Ruth Hussey

as Helen Ingram

Gene Lockhart

as William 'Bill' Ramey

Bobs Watson

as Hank Ingram

Guinn "Big Boy" Williams

as Moose McCarthy

John Wray

as Convict Diggs

Arthur Hohl

as Rawlins

Esther Dale

as Sarah

Trevor Bardette

as Southern Deputy (uncredited)

Willie Best

as Bunny - the Janitor (uncredited)

Stanley Blystone

as Oil Worker (uncredited)

Wade Boteler

as Police Sergeant (uncredited)

Ed Brady

as Prisoner Worrying About Dick Tracy (uncredited)

Everett Brown

as Black Prisoner (uncredited)

Eddy Chandler

as Prisoner Boss Brown (uncredited)

George Cooper

as Released Prisoner Hawley (uncredited)

Joseph Crehan

as Mr. Blaine (uncredited)

Jack Daley

as Policeman (uncredited)

Frank Darien

as Ramey's Oil-Well Watchman (uncredited)

Hal K. Dawson

as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Joe Dominguez

as Pedro (uncredited)

Harry Fleischmann

as Oil Worker (uncredited)

Robert Homans

as Cooper (uncredited)

Cy Kendall

as Southern Sheriff (uncredited)

Victor Kilian

as Warden Frank Miller (uncredited)

Ethan Laidlaw

as Oil Worker (uncredited)

Robert Middlemass

as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

Charles Middleton

as Southern Deputy (uncredited)

Art Miles

as First Truck Driver (uncredited)

Ivan Miller

as Detective Webber (uncredited)

Ed Montoya

as Juan (uncredited)

Philip Morris

as State Trooper (uncredited)

James C. Morton

as Second Policeman Arresting John (uncredited)

Gil Perkins

as Kearney - Oil Worker Blown Up (uncredited)

Bob Reeves

as Chain Gang Guard (uncredited)

Cyril Ring

as Ramey's Butler (uncredited)

Harry Strang

as First Policeman (uncredited)

Harry Tenbrook

as Truck Driver at Gas Station (uncredited)

Leo White

as Prisoner (uncredited)

Joe Whitehead

as Oil Worker Anderson (uncredited)