Blackmail

Sep 8, 1939

1h 21m

★ 6.4

SCREAMING NEW THRILLS WITH THE SCREEN'S

Overview

A fugitive from a chain gang becomes an oil-well firefighter and meets the man who framed him.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

Loew's Incorporated

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Blackmail Trailers

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Cast

John R. Ingram

Edward G. Robinson

Helen Ingram

Ruth Hussey

William 'Bill' Ramey

Gene Lockhart

Hank Ingram

Bobs Watson

Moose McCarthy

Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams

Convict Diggs

John Wray

Rawlins

Arthur Hohl

Sarah

Esther Dale

Southern Deputy (uncredited)

Trevor Bardette

Bunny - the Janitor (uncredited)

Willie Best

Oil Worker (uncredited)

Stanley Blystone

Police Sergeant (uncredited)

Wade Boteler

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