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.
James Cagney
as Richard 'Patsy' Gargan
Madge Evans
as Dorothy Griffith
Frankie Darro
as James 'Jimmie' Smith
Dudley Digges
as Thompson
Arthur Byron
as Judge H.J. Gilbert
Allen Jenkins
as Mike
Sheila Terry
as Blonde with Mike
Robert Barrat
as Fred Smith
Allen 'Farina' Hoskins
as Joliet "Smoke" Hemingway
Harold Huber
as Joe
Dorothy Peterson
as Mrs. Smith
G. Pat Collins
as Brandon
