Set during Prohibition, the movie centers on Touhy's rise from small time thug to the city's most powerful bootlegger whose empire is rivaled only by that of Al Capone (who is referred to, but never named in the story). It is his rival who frames Touhy for kidnapping and arranges for him to serve a life-long term in Stateville prison. Determined to be free again, the desperate Touhy and his cellmate Basil "the Owl" Banghart, begin plotting a violent break out.
Preston Foster
Victor McLaglen
Lois Andrews
Kent Taylor
Anthony Quinn
William Post Jr.
Harry Morgan
Matt Briggs
Moroni Olsen
Reed Hadley
Trudy Marshall
John Archer
Frank Jenks
George E. Stone
Charles Lang
Kane Richmond
Bess Flowers
Byron Foulger
Frank Orth
Addison Richards
Roy Roberts
Grant Withers