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Blackmail

Blackmail1939

★6.981 minCrimeDramaThriller

A fugitive from a chain gang becomes an oil-well firefighter and meets the man who framed him.

Director

Writer

David Hertz William Ludwig Endre Bohem Dorothy Yost

Score

Edward Ward David Snell

Stars

Edward G. Robinson Ruth Hussey Gene Lockhart

Cast40

Edward G. Robinson
as John R. Ingram
Ruth Hussey
as Helen Ingram
Gene Lockhart
as William 'Bill' Ramey
Bobs Watson
as Hank Ingram
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
as Moose McCarthy
John Wray
as Convict Diggs
Arthur Hohl
as Rawlins
Esther Dale
as Sarah
Trevor Bardette
as Southern Deputy (uncredited)
Willie Best
as Bunny - the Janitor (uncredited)
Stanley Blystone
as Oil Worker (uncredited)
Wade Boteler
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Ed Brady
as Prisoner Worrying About Dick Tracy (uncredited)
Everett Brown
as Black Prisoner (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler
as Prisoner Boss Brown (uncredited)
George Cooper
as Released Prisoner Hawley (uncredited)
Joseph Crehan
as Mr. Blaine (uncredited)
J
Jack Daley
as Policeman (uncredited)
Frank Darien
as Ramey's Oil-Well Watchman (uncredited)
Hal K. Dawson
as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
J
Joe Dominguez
as Pedro (uncredited)
H
Harry Fleischmann
as Oil Worker (uncredited)
Robert Homans
as Cooper (uncredited)
Cy Kendall
as Southern Sheriff (uncredited)
Victor Kilian
as Warden Frank Miller (uncredited)
Ethan Laidlaw
as Oil Worker (uncredited)
Robert Middlemass
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Charles Middleton
as Southern Deputy (uncredited)
A
Art Miles
as First Truck Driver (uncredited)
Ivan Miller
as Detective Webber (uncredited)
E
Ed Montoya
as Juan (uncredited)
P
Philip Morris
as State Trooper (uncredited)
James C. Morton
as Second Policeman Arresting John (uncredited)
Gil Perkins
as Kearney - Oil Worker Blown Up (uncredited)
Bob Reeves
as Chain Gang Guard (uncredited)
Cyril Ring
as Ramey's Butler (uncredited)
Harry Strang
as First Policeman (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook
as Truck Driver at Gas Station (uncredited)
Leo White
as Prisoner (uncredited)
J
Joe Whitehead
as Oil Worker Anderson (uncredited)

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