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Director
  
Harold S. Bucquet

Music director
  
David Snell

Country
  
United States

6.2/10
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Genre
  
Crime, Drama, Mystery

Duration
  

Language
  
English

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Release date
  
March 14, 1941 (1941-03-14)

Based on
  
Roost  by Martin Berkeley

Writer
  
Harry Ruskin (screenplay), John C. Higgins (screenplay), Martin Berkeley (based on a play by)

Screenplay
  
John C. Higgins, Harry Ruskin

Cast
  
Edward Arnold
(Martin 'Stuff' Nelson),
Lionel Barrymore
('Grandpop' Logan),
Marsha Hunt
(Katherine Logan),
Robert Sterling
(Edward McCormick),
Gene Reynolds
('Roosty'),
Emma Dunn
('Ma' McCormick)

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,
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,
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,
Gangs of New York

Tagline
  
Find the Blonde and Get the Gangster!

The Penalty is a 1941 American crime film directed by Harold S. Bucquet and written by Harry Ruskin and John C. Higgins. The film stars Edward Arnold, Lionel Barrymore, Marsha Hunt, Robert Sterling, Gene Reynolds and Emma Dunn. The film was released on March 14, 1941, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

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A gangster hires men to do some work, states they are going to the bank, then holds up the bank (unknownst to the workers). The gangster, "Stuff" Nelson, leaves the workers wondering what happened.

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A 16-year-old boy visits his father's girlfriend, who loves furs. Roosty loves his father, who is a gangster and does not think twice about shooting people. At a cabin in the woods, there is a shootout and the girlfriend is killed. Roosty, the boy, is captured and sent to reform school. He is later sent to live with a family on a farm and has a hard time adjusting, but comes to love and care about the family.

Stuff Nelson is able to locate his boy. The family tries to talk him out of leaving. The boy finally stands up to Stuff and refuses to leave. Stuff is immediately shot by the police.

Cast

  • Edward Arnold as Martin 'Stuff' Nelson
  • Lionel Barrymore as 'Grandpop' Logan
  • Marsha Hunt as Katherine Logan
  • Robert Sterling as Edward 'Ted' McCormick
  • Gene Reynolds as Russell 'Roosty' Nelson
  • Emma Dunn as 'Ma' McCormick
  • Veda Ann Borg as Julie Jackson
  • Richard Lane as FBI Agent Craig
  • Gloria DeHaven as Anne Logan
  • Grant Mitchell as Judge
  • Phil Silvers as 'Grapevine' Hobo
  • Warren Ashe as Jay
  • William Haade as Johnny Van Brook
  • Ralph Byrd as FBI Agent Brock
  • Edgar Barrier as 'Burnsy' Burns

    • References

    The Penalty (1941 film) Wikipedia
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