Blackwell's Island (1939)
1h 11m
Running Time
January 24, 1939Release Date
Blackwell's Island (1939)
1h 11m
Running Time
January 24, 1939Release Date
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Plot.
A reporter gets himself sent to prison to expose a mobster.
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Cast & Crew.
John Garfield
Tim Haydon
Rosemary Lane
Sunny Walsh
Dick Purcell
Terry Walsh
Stanley Fields
'Bull' Bransom
Victor Jory
Thomas McNair
Morgan Conway
Steve Cardigan
William C. McGann
Director
Granville Bates
Stuart Granger
Michael Curtiz
Director
Anthony Averill
Brower
Crane Wilbur
Writer
Peggy Shannon
Pearl Murray
Lee Katz
Writer
Sidney Hickox
Cinematographer
Charley Foy
Benny Farmer
Doug Gould
Editor
Norman Willis
Mike Garth
Joe Cunningham
Ben Rawden
Wade Boteler
Captain Pedersen
William B. Davidson
Hempel
Leon Ames
Ballinger (uncredited)
Raymond Bailey
Cash Sutton (uncredited)
Sam Bernard
Prison Vendor (uncredited)
James Blaine
Police Officer (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler
Headkeeper Jameson (uncredited)
Lane Chandler
Policeman at Ballinger's (uncredited)
Harry Cody
Guard (uncredited)
Steve Darrell
Convict (uncredited)
Joe De Stefani
First Dockworker (uncredited)
John Dilson
Finlay (uncredited)
Demetris Emanuel
Second Dockworker (uncredited)
Eddie Foster
Convict (uncredited)
Chester Gan
Wong (uncredited)
Jack Gardner
Convict (uncredited)
William Gould
Deputy Warden Michaels (uncredited)
George Guhl
Police Officer (uncredited)
John Harron
Deputy District Attorney (uncredited)
Harry Harvey
Convict (uncredited)
Lew Harvey
Guard (uncredited)
Al Herman
Prison Waiter (uncredited)
Robert Homans
Dock Guard (uncredited)
Sam Jackson
Sam (uncredited)
Vera Lewis
Hospital Desk Nurse (uncredited)
Fred Malatesta
Third Dockworker (uncredited)
Herman Marks
Convict (uncredited)
Brenda Marshall
Reynolds' Secretary (uncredited)
Walter Miller
Guard (uncredited)
Will Morgan
MacNair's Secretary (uncredited)
Jimmy O'Gatty
Rico Ide (uncredited)
George Offerman, Jr.
Messenger with an Orchid (uncredited)
Henry Otho
Guard (uncredited)
Bob Perry
Convict (uncredited)
Herbert Rawlinson
Dave Reynolds (uncredited)
Dick Rich
Guard (uncredited)
Charles Seel
Surgeon (uncredited)
Gus Sonnenberg
Guard (uncredited)
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Wiki.
Blackwell's Island is a 1939 American crime drama film directed by William C. McGann and written by Crane Wilbur. The film stars John Garfield, Rosemary Lane, Dick Purcell, Victor Jory, Stanley Fields and Morgan Conway. The film was released by Warner Bros. on March 25, 1939.It was based on a real life scandal on Welfare Island.