Parole Fixer

Parole Fixer

Parole Fixer

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Parole Fixer

"A True Story from the Files of J. Edgar Hoover"

1940

1h 8m

5.0(3 votes)

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Crime

Drama

Overview

This expose of the U.S. parole system, as seen through the eyes of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, takes dead aim on lawyers who manipulate the justice system in order to get undeserving convicts parole from prisons. The point is made when FBI agents are assigned to track down "Big Boy" Bradmore, who after getting an undeserved parole, via the efforts of a shyster lawyer, promptly murders an FBI agent.

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Paramount Pictures

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

William Henry

William Henry

Scott Britton

Virginia Dale

Virginia Dale

Enid Casserly

Robert Paige

Robert Paige

Steve Eddson

Gertrude Michael

Gertrude Michael

Collette Menthe

Richard Denning

Richard Denning

Bruce Eaton

Fay Helm

Fay Helm

Rita Mattison

Anthony Quinn

Anthony Quinn

Francis 'Big Boy' Bradmore

Harvey Stephens

Harvey Stephens

Bartley Hanford

Marjorie Gateson

Marjorie Gateson

Mrs. Thorton Casserly

Charlotte Wynters

Charlotte Wynters

Nellie

Creative team

Directed by: Robert Florey
Written by: William R. Lipman
Horace McCoy
Produced by: Edward T. Lowe Jr.

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