Movie
Within the Law
Released: March 17, 1939 (1939)
Runtime: 65 minutes
Genres: Crime, Drama, Romance
Shopgirl Mary Turner, sentenced to prison for someone else's theft, is released and takes revenge upon those who wronged her in powerful but lawful ways.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Samuel S. Hinds as Mr. Gilder
Age at release: 63
- Paul Cavanagh as English Eddie Morton
Age at release: 50
- Sidney Blackmer as George Demarest
Age at release: 43
- Paul Kelly as Joe Garson
Age at release: 39
- William Gargan as Police Sergeant Cassidy
Age at release: 33
- Ruth Hussey as Mary Turner
Age at release: 27
- Tom Neal as Richard Gilder
Age at release: 25
- Rita Johnson as Agnes Lynch
Age at release: 25
- Lynne Carver as June
Age at release: 22
- Jo Ann Sayers as Helen Morris - the Thief
Age at release: 20
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- Mitchell Ingraham as Pawnbroker
Age at release: 67
- Claude King as Art Dealer
Age at release: 64
- Frank Orth as Jim Jenks
Age at release: 59
- Edward Earle as Floorwalker
Age at release: 56
- Jessie Arnold as Prison Matron
Age at release: 54
- James Burke as 'Red'
Age at release: 52
- Cliff Clark as McGuire
Age at release: 49
- Grace Goodall as Prison Matron
Age at release: 49
- Naomi Childers as Camerawoman
Age at release: 46
- Helen Dickson as Prison Matron
Age at release: 46
- Claire Du Brey as Prison Librarian
Age at release: 46
- W.E. Lawrence as District Attorney
Age at release: 42
- James Blaine as Detective
Age at release: 41
- Barbara Bedford as Sarah - Gilder's Secretary
Age at release: 35
- Donald Douglas as Inspector Burke
Age at release: 33
- Tom Collins as Bert
Age at release: 25
- Ann Morriss as Saleswoman
Age at release: 19
- Mary Beth Hughes as Mamie (voice)
Age at release: 19
- Harry Humphrey as Priest
Age at release: Unknown
- Edward Kilroy as Mathews
Age at release: Unknown