Blackwell's Island (film)

Blackwell's Island is a 1939 American crime drama film directed by William C. McGann and written by Crane Wilbur. The film stars John Garfield, Rosemary Lane, Dick Purcell, Victor Jory, Stanley Fields and Morgan Conway. The film was released by Warner Bros. on March 25, 1939.

It was based on a real life scandal on Welfare Island.

Plot

A reporter (Garfield) covers the racketeering of a mobster (Fields) which caused the assault of a boat captain. The mobster has a police officer (Purcell) beaten and the reporting causes the mobster to go to prison for it. The reporter then assaults a DA to get thrown into the prison to report on the mobster's corruption from jail.

Cast

John Garfield as Tim Haydon

Rosemary Lane as Mary 'Sunny' Walsh

Stanley Fields as 'Bull' Bransom

Dick Purcell as Terry Walsh

Victor Jory as Commissioner Thomas MacNair

Morgan Conway as Steve Cardigan

Granville Bates as Prison Warden Stuart 'Stu' Granger

Anthony Averill as Brower

Peggy Shannon as Pearl Murray

Charley Foy as Benny Farmer

Norman Willis as Mike Garth

Joe Cunningham as Ben Rawden

Wade Boteler as Capt. Pedersen

William B. Davidson as Defense Attorney Hempel

Milburn Stone Uncredited

References

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1939 films

1939 crime drama films

1930s prison films

American black-and-white films

American crime drama films

American prison drama films

Crime films based on actual events

Films about journalists

Films directed by William Clemens

Films set in New York City

Warner Bros. films

1930s English-language films

1930s American films

Films scored by Bernhard Kaun

Films directed by William C. McGann