


Embittered after serving time for a burglary he did not commit, Joe Bell is soon back in jail, on a prison farm. His love for the foreman's daughter leads to a fight between them, leading to the older man's death due to a weak heart. Joe and Mabel go on the run as he thinks no-one would believe a nobody like him.

John Garfield
Joe Bell

Priscilla Lane
Mabel Alden

Alan Hale
Michael 'Mike' Leonard

Frank McHugh
Caruthers

Billy Halop
Hank Glenn

Bobby Jordan
Jimmy Glenn

Charley Grapewin
Pop

Henry Armetta
Nick Spelucci

Stanley Ridges
Charles 'Charlie' Garreth

John Litel
Prosecutor

Moroni Olsen
Slim Jones

Victor Kilian
Doc Saunders
Frank Jaquet
Abe Connors

Ferike Boros
Delicatessen Proprietress

Marc Lawrence
Venetti

Arthur Aylesworth
Magistrate

William B. Davidson
Work Farm Warden

George Irving
Judge

Gertrude Astor
Dame (uncredited)

Ward Bond
First Thug on Train (uncredited)
Lewis Seiler
Robert Rossen, Seton I. Miller
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