Blackwell's Island

Blackwell's Island

71 mins | Drama, Crime, Comedy | Jan. 24, 1939

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

Blackwell's Island

71 mins | Drama, Crime, Comedy | Jan. 24, 1939

Blackwell's Island
A reporter gets himself sent to prison to expose a mobster.
IMDb rating 6.0
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures
Original title Blackwell's Island
Directors William C. McGann
Writers Crane Wilbur, Lee Katz

Cast

John Garfield

as Tim Haydon

Rosemary Lane

as Mary 'Sunny' Walsh

Dick Purcell

as Terry Walsh

Victor Jory

as Thomas MacNair

Stanley Fields

as 'Bull' Bransom

Morgan Conway

as Steve Cardigan

Granville Bates

as Stuart Granger

Anthony Averill

as Brower

Peggy Shannon

as Pearl Murray

Charley Foy

as Benny Farmer

Norman Willis

as Mike Garth

Joe Cunningham

as Ben Rawden

Wade Boteler

as Captain Pedersen

Leon Ames

as Ballinger (uncredited)

Raymond Bailey

as Cash Sutton (uncredited)

Sam Bernard

as Prison Vendor (uncredited)

James Blaine

as Police Officer (uncredited)

Eddy Chandler

as Headkeeper Jameson (uncredited)

Lane Chandler

as Policeman at Ballinger's (uncredited)

Harry Cody

as Guard (uncredited)

Steve Darrell

as Convict (uncredited)

Joe De Stefani

as First Dockworker (uncredited)

John Dilson

as Finlay (uncredited)

Demetris Emanuel

as Second Dockworker (uncredited)

Eddie Foster

as Convict (uncredited)

Chester Gan

as Wong (uncredited)

Jack Gardner

as Convict (uncredited)

William Gould

as Deputy Warden Michaels (uncredited)

George Guhl

as Police Officer (uncredited)

John Harron

as Deputy District Attorney (uncredited)

Harry Harvey

as Convict (uncredited)

Lew Harvey

as Guard (uncredited)

Al Herman

as Prison Waiter (uncredited)

Robert Homans

as Dock Guard (uncredited)

Sam Jackson

as Sam (uncredited)

Vera Lewis

as Hospital Desk Nurse (uncredited)

Fred Malatesta

as Third Dockworker (uncredited)

Herman Marks

as Convict (uncredited)

Brenda Marshall

as Reynolds' Secretary (uncredited)

Walter Miller

as Guard (uncredited)

Will Morgan

as MacNair's Secretary (uncredited)

Jimmy O'Gatty

as Rico Ide (uncredited)

George Offerman, Jr.

as Messenger with an Orchid (uncredited)

Henry Otho

as Guard (uncredited)

Bob Perry

as Convict (uncredited)

Herbert Rawlinson

as Dave Reynolds (uncredited)

Dick Rich

as Guard (uncredited)

Charles Seel

as Surgeon (uncredited)

Gus Sonnenberg

as Guard (uncredited)

James Spottswood

as Garner (uncredited)

Milburn Stone

as Max (uncredited)

Charles Sullivan

as Convict (uncredited)

Monte Vandergrift

as Guard at Prison Dock (uncredited)

Billy Wayne

as Second Prison Vendor (uncredited)

Dick Wessel

as Convict (uncredited)

Lottie Williams

as Mrs. Walsh (uncredited)

Jack Wise

as Prison Barber (uncredited)

Walter Young

as Judge Gately (uncredited)

Frank Bruno

as Bookie (uncredited)