Within the Law
Crime
Drama
Romance
GIRLS WITHOUT SHAME! LADIES OF THE BIG HOUSE!...what happens to them when they get out?...See the bold, dramatic answer in..."WITHIN THE LAW"
Shopgirl Mary Turner, sentenced to prison for someone else's theft, is released and takes revenge upon those who wronged her in powerful but lawful ways.
1939-03-17
en
Cast
Director
Gustav Machatý
Ruth Hussey as Mary Turner
Tom Neal as Richard Gilder
Paul Kelly as Joe Garson
William Gargan as Police Sergeant Cassidy
Paul Cavanagh as English Eddie Morton
Rita Johnson as Agnes Lynch
Samuel S. Hinds as Mr. Gilder
Lynne Carver as June
Sidney Blackmer as George Demarest
Jo Ann Sayers as Helen Morris - the Thief
Ann Morriss as Saleswoman
James Burke as 'Red'
Donald Douglas as Inspector Burke
Cliff Clark as McGuire
Claude King as Art Dealer
Frank Orth as Jim Jenks
Jessie Arnold as Prison Matron
Barbara Bedford as Sarah - Gilder's Secretary
James Blaine as Detective
Naomi Childers as Camerawoman
Tom Collins as Bert
Claire Du Brey as Prison Librarian
Edward Earle as Floorwalker
Grace Goodall as Prison Matron
Mary Beth Hughes as Mamie (voice)
Harry Humphrey as Priest
Mitchell Ingraham as Pawnbroker
W.E. Lawrence as District Attorney
Edward LeSaint as Judge
Garry Owen as Jenks' Associate
Kathryn Sheldon as Prison Superintendent
William Tannen as Green's Clerk
Dorothy Vaughan as Miss McGuinness - Prison Matron
Dorothea Wolbert as Minor Role