Warner Bros. Pictures
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They Made Me a Criminal
I am a fugitive! I am hunted by the mob! I am wanted by the cops! I am forgotten by decent women!
A boxer flees, believing he has committed a murder while he was drunk.
- Original title
- They Made Me a Criminal
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
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- Revenue
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CinemaSerf
Jun 22, 2022 · via TMDB
This is one of these films that you need to allow quite a bit of latitude, else you will rule it just too implausible and stop watching. John Garfield ("Johnnie") is a world champion boxer who finds himself embroiled in the death of a journalist. His problem is, he was totally sozzled after his victory so cannot recall what he did, or didn't, do - so absconds to a remote Arizona ranch where he helps the elderly May Robson who runs a refuge for wayward teenagers. That's where he meets, and falls for "Peggy" (Gloria Dickson) and settles down to a respectable life helping teach the boys how to focus their energies on boxing. Thing is, New York plod "Whelan" (Claude Rains) is on his case, and soon this newly found utopia is at risk... Garfield does a fitting job here, he is eminently plausible as the flawed prizefighter and his character's evolution as the story develops is engaging too. Rains features sparingly for much of the film, and I found his efforts a little disappointingly constrained when he did appear. The film really, for me anyway, belonged to the "Dead End Kids" - playing the best game of strip poker I think I've ever seen in a family movie. It's a bit too long, but has good pace, plenty of action, decent dialogue and the romance is kept to a minimum - well worth a watch.
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John Garfield
Johnnie Bradfield, aka Jack Dorney
Claude Rains
Det. Monty Phelan
Ann Sheridan
Goldie West
May Robson
Grandma Rafferty
Gloria Dickson
Peggy
Billy Halop
Tommy
Bobby Jordan
Angel
Leo Gorcey
Spit
Huntz Hall
Dippy
Gabriel Dell
T.B.
Bernard Punsly
Milt
Robert Gleckler
Doc Ward (Johnnie's Manager)
John Ridgely
Charles 'Charlie' Magee (Reporter)
Barbara Pepper
Budgie Massey
William B. Davidson
Ennis
Ward Bond
Lenihan
Robert Strange
Malvin
Louis Jean Heydt
Randy Smith
Cliff Clark
Manager
Dick Wessel
Collucci
Sam Hayes
Fight Announcer
Irving Bacon
Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Clem Bevans
Ticket Taker (uncredited)
Richard Bond
Reporter at First Fight (uncredited)
Nat Carr
Haskell - Reporter at First Fight (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler
Detective #2 (uncredited)
John Dilson
Doctor (uncredited)
Tom Dugan
Man Behind Grandma (uncredited)
John Harron
First Fight Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Leyland Hodgson
Mr. Williamson (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes
Second Fight Timekeeper (uncredited)
Arthur Housman
Drunk Next to Grandma (uncredited)
Donald Kerr
Man in Ring After First Fight (uncredited)
Reid Kilpatrick
Radio Sports Commentator (voice) (uncredited)
Doris Lloyd
Mrs. Williamson (uncredited)
Frank Mayo
Man at First Fight with Tophat (uncredited)
Sam McDaniel
Splash (uncredited)
Jack Mower
Man in Locker Room After First Fight (uncredited)
Paul Panzer
Jim - Assistant Ticket Taker (uncredited)
John J. Richardson
Reporter (uncredited)
Cyril Ring
First Fight Ringsider (uncredited)
Bert Roach
Hendricks (uncredited)
Janet Shaw
Girl Entering Locker Room (uncredited)
John Sheehan
Man in Front of Grandma (uncredited)
Ronald Sinclair
J. Douglas Williamson (uncredited)
Charles Sullivan
Second Fight Trainer (uncredited)
Elliott Sullivan
Mel - Hoodlum Stealing $50 (uncredited)
Tom Wilson
Kid Tacoma (uncredited)
Anton Grot
Art Direction
James Wong Howe
Director of Photography
Busby Berkeley
Director
Hal B. Wallis
Executive Producer
Jack L. Warner
Production Manager
Max Steiner
Original Music Composer
Beulah Marie Dix
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