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  1. Blackwell's Island: Directed by William C. McGann, Michael Curtiz. With John Garfield, Rosemary Lane, Dick Purcell, Victor Jory. In 1934, a New York reporter infiltrates a crime syndicate by befriending its boss who is serving time inside Blackwell Island prison.

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    • Comedy, Crime, Drama
    • William C. McGann, Michael Curtiz
    • 1939-03-25
  2. Blackwell's Island is a 1939 American crime drama film directed by William C. McGann and written by Crane Wilbur. The film stars John Garfield, Rosemary Lane, Dick Purcell, Victor Jory, Stanley Fields and Morgan Conway.

  3. With the help of corrupt political boss Steve Cardigan (Morgan Conway), Bransom takes control of the prison until reporter Tim Haydon (John Garfield)...

    • Crime, Drama
    • John Garfield
    • William Mcgann
  4. Bransom's specialty is extorting money from tugboat and steamship captains, and when one of them, Captain Pederson, refuses to pay, Bransom's men toss a bomb at his boat and send him to the hospital. Bransom's men next pay a visit to Pederson at the hospital to threaten the life of his family.

    • William Mcgann, Elmer Decker, Harry Seymour
    • John Garfield
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  8. Based on a true story, the Warner Brothers film Blackwell's Island is a routine B programmer boasting the studio's usual staccato pacing and familiar troupe of contract players. The lone exception is newcomer John Garfield in the role of Tim Hayden, a crusading journalist out to get rackets boss "Bull" Bransom.

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