Set during Prohibition, the movie centers on Touhy's rise from small time thug to the city's most powerful bootlegger whose empire is rivaled only by that of Al Capone (who is referred to, but never named in the story). It is his rival who frames Touhy for kidnapping and arranges for him to serve a life-long term in Stateville prison. Determined to be free again, the desperate Touhy and his cellmate Basil "the Owl" Banghart, begin plotting a violent break out.
Preston Foster
as Roger Touhy
Victor McLaglen
as Herman "Owl" Banghart
Lois Andrews
as Daisy
Kent Taylor
as Steve Warren
Anthony Quinn
as George Carroll
William Post Jr.
as Joseph P. Sutton
Harry Morgan
as Thomas "Smoke" Reardon
Matt Briggs
as Cameron
Moroni Olsen
as Riley
Reed Hadley
as FBI Agent Boyden
Trudy Marshall
as Gloria
John Archer
as FBI Agent Kerrigan
