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Blackmail (1939 film)

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Genre
  
Crime, Drama, Thriller

Duration
  

Language
  
English

6.7/10
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Director
  
H. C. Potter

Music director
  
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Writer
  
David Hertz
,
William Ludwig

Release date
  
September 8, 1939 (1939-09-08) (U.S.)

Screenplay
  
William Ludwig, Dorothy Yost, Endre Bohem, David Hertz

Cast
  
(John R. Ingram), (Helen Ingram), (William 'Bill' Ramey), (Hank Ingram),
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
(Moose McCarthy (as Guinn Williams)), (Convict Diggs)

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Scarface
,
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,
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,
The Roaring Twenties
,
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
,
The Public Enemy

Tagline
  
SCREAMING NEW THRILLS WITH THE SCREEN'S

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Blackmail is a 1939 crime drama film starring Edward G. Robinson and was directed by H. C. Potter.

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Plot

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John Ingram is a very successful oil-field firefighter and a family man. All is going so well, he's even bought his own oil well in hope of striking it rich. His greatest fears are realized, however, when a man, William Ramey, from his secret past sees Ingram in a newsreel and shows up looking for a job.

Ramey attempts to blackmail Ingram, who had run from a chain gang years ago and started a new life under an assumed name. After a shady deal is made, Ingram is tricked and Ramey turns him into authorities, who return him to a chain gang. Ramey subsequently becomes a very rich man.

When Ingram finds out about the success of the man who betrayed him, he plans a daring escape in an attempt to return home and get revenge.

Cast

  • Edward G. Robinson as John R. Ingram, an alias of John Harrington
  • Ruth Hussey as Helen Ingram
  • Gene Lockhart as William Ramey
  • Bobs Watson as Hank Ingram
  • Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams as Moose McCarthy (as Guinn Williams)
  • John Wray as Diggs
  • Arthur Hohl as Rawlins
  • Esther Dale as Sarah
  • References

    Blackmail (1939 film) Wikipedia
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