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You Can't Get Away with Murder

You Can't Get Away with Murder

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 23, 1939

Runtime

1h 29m

Genres

Drama, Crime

User Score

56%

Original Title

You Can't Get Away with Murder

Production Companies

First National Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures

Director

Lewis Seiler

Description

Johnnie learns crime from petty thug Frank Wilson. When Wilson kills a pawnbroker with a gun stolen from Johnnie's sister Madge's fiance Fred Burke, Fred goes to Sing Sing's death house. Wilson uses all the pressure can to keep Johnnie silent, even after he and Johnnie themselves wind up in the big house.