TMDb Rating
5.7/10
23 verified votes
You Can't Get Away with Murder (1939)
DramaCrime
89 min
"AMERICA'S TWO-FISTER ANSWER to the Gun-Mad Rats Who Rule the Underworld!"
Plot Summary
Johnnie learns crime from petty thug Frank Wilson. When Wilson kills a pawnbroker with a gun stolen from Johnnie's sister Madge's fiance Fred Burke, Fred goes to Sing Sing's death house. Wilson uses all the pressure can to keep Johnnie silent, even after he and Johnnie themselves wind up in the big house.
Why this could be the movie
- Plot hook: Johnnie learns crime from petty thug Frank Wilson.
- Genre cues: Drama, Crime
- Director clue: Lewis Seiler
- Lead cast: Humphrey Bogart and Gale Page
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Keywords to include
DramaCrimeLewis SeilerHumphrey BogartGale Page1939
Director
Lewis Seiler
Top Cast
Humphrey BogartGale PageBilly HalopJohn LitelHenry Travers
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