They Made Me a Criminal (1939)
1939 · Feature film · 92 min · dir. Busby Berkeley
I am a fugitive! I am hunted by the mob! I am wanted by the cops! I am forgotten by decent women!
- Drama
- Crime
- film noir
Synopsis
A southpaw with a distinctive boxing style, New York based Johnnie Bradfield has just won the world boxing champion title. While he, to the public, portrays himself as wholesome, doting on his mother, he, in reality, lives a hard and fast life in stark contrast to that public persona. While in a drunken stupor, Johnnie is passed out while a reporter who was going expose his true lifestyle is found dead in Johnnie's apartment. Knowing that he did not kill the reporter but that he is implicated…
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Details
- Director
- Busby Berkeley
- Writer
- Sig Herzig
- Composer
- Max Steiner
- Cinematography
- James Wong Howe
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Released
- 1939-01-21
- Running time
- 92 minutes
Cast & crew
Busby Berkeley Director
Sam McDaniel
Louis Jean Heydt
John Ridgely
Huntz Hall
Barbara Pepper
Billy Halop
Leo Gorcey
Ward Bond
