A hardened crook behind bars comes up against a reform-minded warden.
John Garfield
as Tommy Gordon
Ann Sheridan
as Kay Manners
Pat O’Brien
as Warden Walter Long
Burgess Meredith
as Steve Rockford
Henry O'Neill
as District Attorney
Jerome Cowan
as Ed Crowley
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
as Mike Cagle
John Litel
as Prison Chaplain
Margot Stevenson
as Ann Rockford
Willard Robertson
as Ragan
Edward Pawley
as Black Jack
Billy Wayne
as Pete
