Within the Law (1939)
1h 5m
Running Time
March 17, 1939Release Date
Within the Law (1939)
1h 5m
Running Time
March 17, 1939Release Date
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Plot.
A wrongly convicted woman studies law and seeks her revenge.
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Cast & Crew.
Ruth Hussey
Mary Turner
Tom Neal
Richard Gilder
Paul Kelly
Joe Garson
Paul Cavanagh
English Eddie Morton
William Gargan
Cassidy
Rita Johnson
Agnes Lynch
Gustav Machatý
Director
Samuel S. Hinds
Mr. Gilder
Charles Lederer
Writer
Edith Fitzgerald
Writer
Lynne Carver
June
Bayard Veiller
Writer
Sidney Blackmer
George Demarest
James Kevin McGuinness
Writer
Jo Ann Sayers
Helen Morris - the Thief
William Axt
Composer
Ann Morriss
Saleswoman
James Burke
'Red'
Donald Douglas
Inspector Burke
Cliff Clark
McGuire
Claude King
Art Dealer
Frank Orth
Jim Jenks
Jessie Arnold
Prison Matron
Barbara Bedford
Sarah - Gilder's Secretary
James Blaine
Detective
Naomi Childers
Camerawoman
Tom Collins
Bert
Helen Dickson
Prison Matron
Claire Du Brey
Prison Librarian
Edward Earle
Floorwalker
Grace Goodall
Prison Matron
Mary Beth Hughes
Mamie (voice)
Harry Humphrey
Priest
Mitchell Ingraham
Pawnbroker
Edward Kilroy
Mathews
W.E. Lawrence
District Attorney
Edward LeSaint
Judge
Pat McKee
Bus Driver
Rudy Miller
Jock
Ted Oliver
Detective
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Wiki.
Within the Law is a 1939 American (Precursor) Film noir crime film directed by Gustav Machatý and written by Charles Lederer and Edith Fitzgerald. The film stars Ruth Hussey, Tom Neal, Paul Kelly, William Gargan, Paul Cavanagh, and Rita Johnson. The film was released on March 17, 1939, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
The film is based on the play Within the Law by Bayard Veiller.