
Angels with Dirty Faces(1938)
Childhood chums Rocky Sullivan and Jerry Connelly grow up on opposite sides of the fence: Rocky matures into a prominent gangster, while Jerry becomes a priest, tending to the needs of his old tenement neighborhood.


“THRILL-TEAMING TALE OF A CRIME-BREEDING CITY!”
Public Defender Gary Franklin, frustrated by being unable to save criminal Dutch Adams from a death sentence by blaming the slums environment as the cause of Dutch's crimes, enlists the aid of Dutch's sister, Marcia Adams, to get the slum dwellers at appeal for public monies to provide recreational places for the slum kids.

Paul Kelly
Gary Franklin

Rita Hayworth
Marcia Adams

Frankie Darro
Stubby
Hal E. Chester
Lefty
Don Latorre
Mickey

David Gorcey
Pighead

Richard Selzer
Ears
Allan Ramsay
Davy
Charles Hart
Squarehead

Howard Hickman
Governor Stanley
Juvenile Court is a crime, drama film released in 1938 exploring themes of juvenile delinquent, defense lawyer. Directed by D. Ross Lederman, it stars Paul Kelly, Rita Hayworth, Frankie Darro. Public Defender Gary Franklin, frustrated by being unable to save criminal Dutch Adams from a death sentence by blaming the slums environment as the cause of Dutch's crimes, enlists the aid of Dutch's sister, Marcia Adams, to get the slum dwellers at appeal for public monies to provide recreational places for the slum kids.
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