Set during Prohibition, the movie centers on Touhy's rise from small time thug to the city's most powerful bootlegger whose empire is rivaled only by that of Al Capone (who is referred to, but never named in the story). It is his rival who frames Touhy for kidnapping and arranges for him to serve a life-long term in Stateville prison. Determined to be free again, the desperate Touhy and his cellmate Basil "the Owl" Banghart, begin plotting a violent break out.
Cast
Preston Foster
Roger Touhy
Victor McLaglen
Herman "Owl" Banghart
Lois Andrews
Daisy
Kent Taylor
Steve Warren
Anthony Quinn
George Carroll
William Post Jr.
Joseph P. Sutton
Harry Morgan
Thomas "Smoke" Reardon
Matt Briggs
Cameron
Moroni Olsen
Riley
Reed Hadley
FBI Agent Boyden
Trudy Marshall
Gloria
John Archer
FBI Agent Kerrigan
Frank Jenks
Bernard "Troubles" O'Connor
George E. Stone
"Ice Box" Hamilton
Charles Lang
FBI Agent
Kane Richmond
Mason
Bess Flowers
Daisy's Courtroom Companion (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
Court Clerk (uncredited)
Frank Orth
. Comic in Theater (uncredited)
Addison Richards
Priest (uncredited)
Roy Roberts
Frank Williams - FBI Chief (uncredited)
Grant Withers
FBI Man Detaining 'Ice Box' (uncredited)
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