Each Dawn I Die
1939 · Movie · NR · 92 min · ★ 6.8 · 65% critics
After exposing political corruption, a newspaper reporter is framed for a deadly crime and sent to prison. Inside a brutal, unfair system, he struggles to hold on to hope while searching for a way to clear his name.
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Details
- Years
- 1939
- Release date
- 1939-08-19
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Critic score
- 65/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 (63 votes)
- Box office
- $1,570,000
- Budget
- $735,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like hard-edged, old-school crime dramas such as 'G' Men or Framed, especially stories about corruption and injustice; Not for you if you need realism or a lighter tone.
Pros: tense prison atmosphere; strong lead performances; gritty, hard-hitting story | Cons: far-fetched plot turns; uneven final stretch; thin romance subplot
Themes
- gangster
- sing sing
Cast & crew
James Cagney
as Frank Ross
George Raft
as 'Hood' Stacey
Jane Bryan
as Joyce Connover
George Bancroft
as Prison Warden John Armstrong
Maxie Rosenbloom
as Fargo Red
Stanley Ridges
as Mueller
Alan Baxter
as Pole Cat Carlisle
Victor Jory
as W.J. Grayce
John Wray
as Pete Kassock
Edward Pawley
as Dale
Directed by William Keighley