Story :Members of a teenage gang are sent to the State Reformatory, presided over by the callous Thompson. Soon Patsy Gargan, a former gangster appointed Deputy Commissioner, arrives and takes over the administration to run the place on radical principles. Thompson needs a quick way to discredit him.
Cast
James CagneyRichard 'Patsy' Gargan
Madge EvansDorothy Griffith
Frankie DarroJames 'Jimmie' Smith
Dudley DiggesThompson
Arthur ByronJudge H.J. Gilbert
Allen JenkinsMike
Sheila TerryBlonde with Mike
Robert BarratFred Smith
Allen 'Farina' HoskinsJoliet "Smoke" Hemingway
Harold HuberJoe
Dorothy PetersonMrs. Smith
G. Pat CollinsBrandon
Edwin MaxwellLouis Johnson
John MarstonHopkins
William V. MongMr. Walters
Mickey BennettButch Kilgore
Sidney MillerIsidore "Izzy" Horowitz
Hobart CavanaughMr. Gorman
George HumbertMr. Carmonotti
Raymond BorzageJohnny 'Skinny' Stone
George Offerman, Jr.Charlie Burns
Charles E. CaneTommy Gorman
Beaudine AndersonBoy (uncredited)
James DonlanSam (uncredited)
Sam FinnJoe's Henchman (uncredited)
Ben Hendricks Jr.Guard Taking Jimmy to Thompson (uncredited)
Gladden JamesCar Owner Paying 25¢ (uncredited)
Wilfred LucasBill (uncredited)
Wallace MacDonaldMan in Johnson's Office (uncredited)
Larry McGrathJohnston's Assistant (uncredited)
Jack McHughBoy Prosecutor (uncredited)
Bert MoorhouseJoe's Henchman Playing Cards (uncredited)
Adrian MorrisCar Owner Refusing to Pay (uncredited)