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58% Critic Match
You Can't Get Away with Murder
“AMERICA'S TWO-FISTER ANSWER to the Gun-Mad Rats Who Rule the Underworld!”
5.8 / 10• 1939• 1h 29m•NR• English
DramaCrime
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Humphrey Bogart
Frank Wilson
Lead
Gale Page
Madge Stone
Billy Halop
John 'Johnny' Stone
John Litel
Attorney Carey
Henry Travers
Pop
Harvey Stephens
Fred Burke
Harold Huber
Scappa
Joe Sawyer
Red
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Lewis Seiler's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. You Can't Get Away with Murder is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
