Each Dawn I Die
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| Each Dawn I Die | |
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| Directed by | William Keighley |
| Produced by | David Lewis Hal B. Wallis Jack L. Warner |
| Written by | Warren Duff Jerome Odlum (novel) Norman Reilly Raine Charles Perry (uncredited) |
| Starring | James Cagney George Raft Jane Bryan George Bancroft |
| Music by | Max Steiner |
| Cinematography | Arthur Edeson |
| Editing by | Thomas Richards |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
| Release date(s) | 22 July 1939 |
| Running time | 92 min |
| Language | English |
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Each Dawn I Die (1939) is a gangster film featuring James Cagney and George Raft in their only movie together. The plotline involves a crusading reporter (Cagney) who is unjustly thrown in jail and befriends a famous gangster (Raft). George Bancroft portrays the warden. The movie was a box-office smash and remains a favorite among aficionados of Warner Bros. gangster movies.
[edit] Cast
- James Cagney as Frank Ross
- George Raft as "Hood" Stacey
- Jane Bryan as Joyce Conover
- George Bancroft as Warden John Armstrong
- "Slapsie" Maxie Rosenbloom as Convict Fargo Red
- Victor Jory as W.J. Grayce
[edit] Trivia
- The movie in the prison theather scene is Cagney's 1934 comedy Here Comes the Navy!
- Between the period of 1928 to 1941 this was one of many films to be banned in Australia by the chief censor Creswell O'Reilly.
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