Parole Fixer (1940)
1940 · Feature film · 68 min · dir. Robert Florey
A True Story from the Files of J. Edgar Hoover
- Drama
- Crime
Synopsis
This expose of the U.S. parole system, as seen through the eyes of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, takes dead aim on lawyers who manipulate the justice system in order to get undeserving convicts parole from prisons. The point is made when FBI agents are assigned to track down "Big Boy" Bradmore, who after getting an undeserved parole, via the efforts of a shyster lawyer, promptly murders an FBI agent.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Robert Florey
- Writer
- Horace McCoy
- Composer
- John Leipold
- Cinematography
- Harry Fischbeck
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures
- Released
- 1940-02-02
- Running time
- 68 minutes
Cast & crew
Robert Florey Director
William Henry
Virginia Dale
Robert Paige
Gertrude Michael
Richard Denning
Fay Helm
Anthony Quinn
Harvey Stephens
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · Hm · dupar · 2021-07-06
Robert Florey is always good and it's great watching Anthony Quinn in what must have been one of his first roles. Tight editing and a good cast make this a good thriller.
Copr. · z.x.study · 2024-02-05
PAROLE FIXER, photoplay in six reels by Paramount Pictures. (C) 2Feb40; LP9401. Emka Division of Universal City Studios, Inc. (PWH); 5Mar67; R405205.
