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Inside the Law (1942) [NR]

Featuring:
Wallace Ford, Frank Sully, Harry Holman

Written by:
Jack Natteford

Directed by:
Hamilton MacFadden


Release Date:
May 8, 1942

Original Title:
Inside the Law

Genres:
Comedy | Crime | Drama | Romance

Production Companies:
PRC

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
US: NR 

Runtime: 62

The "Brains" of the slickest "con" game out of jail...he couldn't trust his own fingers and picked his own pockets!

Overview from TheMovieDB

A gang of crooks wrestles with the temptation to rob the bank that they now manage.

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Overview from Open Movies

A gang of small-time confidence-type crooks, led by the elderly Pop (Lafe McKee) and Mom Cobb (Rose Plumer), have just completed a small scam when a wallet found on a drunk gives them a big-time opportunity; it contains an appointment as a cashier in the Walnut Park bank. They put a member in the bank intending to escape with the deposits at the end of the week. To complete the pose, they attend Sunday church services and decide to go straight. When one of the group decides to run out with the money, they catch up with him at the border and return to the town as heroes. They all decide for a life of rural domesticity.

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Rankings and Honors

Inside the Law (1942) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 5.1/10

Performers

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Production

Assistant Director:
Edward A. Bizar

Director:
Hamilton MacFadden

Director of Photography:
Arthur Martinelli

Editor:
Carl Pierson

Original Music Composer:
David Chudnow

Producer:
Dixon R. Harwin

Screenplay:
Jack Natteford

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