Production Companies

First National Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures

Overview

"AMERICA'S TWO-FISTER ANSWER to the Gun-Mad Rats Who Rule the Underworld!"

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.