Within the Law
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"
1939 | 65m | English
Popularity: 1.0 (history)
| Director: | Gustav Machatý |
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| Writer: | Charles Lederer, Edith Fitzgerald |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Mar 17, 1939 |
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| Director: | Gustav Machatý |
| Writer: | Charles Lederer, Edith Fitzgerald |
| Genres: | Crime, Drama, Romance |
| Keywords | b movie, wrongful conviction |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Loew's Incorporated |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 30, 2026 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Ruth Hussey | Mary Turner |
| Tom Neal | Richard Gilder |
| Paul Kelly | Joe Garson |
| William Gargan | Police Sergeant Cassidy |
| Paul Cavanagh | English Eddie Morton |
| Rita Johnson | Agnes Lynch |
| Samuel S. Hinds | Mr. Gilder |
| Lynne Carver | June |
| Sidney Blackmer | George Demarest |
| Jo Ann Sayers | Helen Morris - the Thief |
| Ann Morriss | Saleswoman |
| James Burke | 'Red' |
| Donald Douglas | Inspector Burke |
| Cliff Clark | McGuire |
| Claude King | Art Dealer |
| Frank Orth | Jim Jenks |
| Jessie Arnold | Prison Matron |
| Barbara Bedford | Sarah - Gilder's Secretary |
| James Blaine | Detective |
| Naomi Childers | Camerawoman |
| Tom Collins | Bert |
| Helen Dickson | Prison Matron |
| Claire Du Brey | Prison Librarian |
| Edward Earle | Floorwalker |
| Grace Goodall | Prison Matron |
| Mary Beth Hughes | Mamie (voice) |
| Harry Humphrey | Priest |
| Mitchell Ingraham | Pawnbroker |
| Edward Kilroy | Mathews |
| W.E. Lawrence | District Attorney |
| Edward LeSaint | Judge |
| Pat McKee | Bus Driver |
| Rudy Miller | Jock |
| Ted Oliver | Detective |
| Garry Owen | Jenks' Associate |
| Alexander Pollard | Gilder's Butler |
| Kathryn Sheldon | Prison Superintendent |
| Gertrude Simpson | Prison Matron |
| William Tannen | Green's Clerk |
| Laura Treadwell | Dowager Looking at Jewelry |
| Dorothy Vaughan | Miss McGuinness - Prison Matron |
| Christina Welles | Betty - Jewelry Saleswoman |
| Dorothea Wolbert | Minor Role |
| Name | Job |
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| Gustav Machatý | Director |
| Charles Lederer | Screenplay |
| Edith Fitzgerald | Screenplay |
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