Members of a teenage gang are sent to the State Reformatory, presided over by the callous Thompson. Soon Patsy Gargan, a former gangster appointed Deputy Commissioner, arrives and takes over the administration to run the place on radical principles. Thompson needs a quick way to discredit him.
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James Cagney
Richard 'Patsy' Gargan
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Madge Evans
Dorothy Griffith
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Frankie Darro
James 'Jimmie' Smith
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Dudley Digges
Thompson
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