Johnnie learns crime from petty thug Frank Wilson. When Wilson kills a pawnbroker with a gun stolen from Johnnie's sister Madge's fiance Fred Burke, Fred goes to Sing Sing's death house. Wilson uses all the pressure can to keep Johnnie silent, even after he and Johnnie themselves wind up in the big house.
Humphrey Bogart
as Frank Wilson
Gale Page
as Madge Stone
Billy Halop
as John 'Johnny' Stone
John Litel
as Attorney Carey
Henry Travers
as Pop
Harvey Stephens
as Fred Burke
Harold Huber
as Scappa
Joe Sawyer
as Red
Joe Downing
as Smitty
George E. Stone
as Toad
Joe King
as Prison Guard
Joseph Crehan
as Warden of Sing Sing
