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Within the Law

Within the Law1939

★6.565 minCrimeDramaRomance

Shopgirl Mary Turner, sentenced to prison for someone else's theft, is released and takes revenge upon those who wronged her in powerful but lawful ways.

Director

Gustav Machatý

Writer

Charles Lederer Edith Fitzgerald

Stars

Ruth Hussey Tom Neal Paul Kelly

Cast43

Ruth Hussey
as Mary Turner
Tom Neal
as Richard Gilder
Paul Kelly
as Joe Garson
William Gargan
as Police Sergeant Cassidy
Paul Cavanagh
as English Eddie Morton
Rita Johnson
as Agnes Lynch
Samuel S. Hinds
as Mr. Gilder
Lynne Carver
as June
Sidney Blackmer
as George Demarest
Jo Ann Sayers
as Helen Morris - the Thief
Ann Morriss
as Saleswoman
James Burke
as 'Red'
Donald Douglas
as Inspector Burke
Cliff Clark
as McGuire
Claude King
as Art Dealer
Frank Orth
as Jim Jenks
Jessie Arnold
as Prison Matron
Barbara Bedford
as Sarah - Gilder's Secretary
James Blaine
as Detective
Naomi Childers
as Camerawoman
Tom Collins
as Bert
H
Helen Dickson
as Prison Matron
Claire Du Brey
as Prison Librarian
Edward Earle
as Floorwalker
Grace Goodall
as Prison Matron
Mary Beth Hughes
as Mamie (voice)
Harry Humphrey
as Priest
Mitchell Ingraham
as Pawnbroker
E
Edward Kilroy
as Mathews
W.E. Lawrence
as District Attorney
Edward LeSaint
as Judge
P
Pat McKee
as Bus Driver
R
Rudy Miller
as Jock
T
Ted Oliver
as Detective
Garry Owen
as Jenks' Associate
Alexander Pollard
as Gilder's Butler
Kathryn Sheldon
as Prison Superintendent
G
Gertrude Simpson
as Prison Matron
William Tannen
as Green's Clerk
L
Laura Treadwell
as Dowager Looking at Jewelry
Dorothy Vaughan
as Miss McGuinness - Prison Matron
C
Christina Welles
as Betty - Jewelry Saleswoman
Dorothea Wolbert
as Minor Role

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