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Outside These Walls

  • 1939
  • Approved
  • 1h
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
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Don Beddoe, Dolores Costello, Dick Curtis, Virginia Weidler, and Michael Whalen in Outside These Walls (1939)
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Dan Sparling (Michael Whalen) is a brilliant, crusading journalist, but also a man with a prison record, earned after he had embezzled to meet the needs of an extravagant wife. He plunges in... Read allDan Sparling (Michael Whalen) is a brilliant, crusading journalist, but also a man with a prison record, earned after he had embezzled to meet the needs of an extravagant wife. He plunges into the fury of a political campaign, with the opposing newspaper being owned by Margaret B... Read allDan Sparling (Michael Whalen) is a brilliant, crusading journalist, but also a man with a prison record, earned after he had embezzled to meet the needs of an extravagant wife. He plunges into the fury of a political campaign, with the opposing newspaper being owned by Margaret Bronson (Dolores Costello).

  • Director
    • Ray McCarey
  • Writers
    • Ferdinand Reyher
    • Harold Buchman
  • Stars
    • Michael Whalen
    • Dolores Costello
    • Virginia Weidler
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
    35
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Ray McCarey
    • Writers
      • Ferdinand Reyher
      • Harold Buchman
    • Stars
      • Michael Whalen
      • Dolores Costello
      • Virginia Weidler
    • 1User review
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    Michael Whalen
    Michael Whalen
    • Dan Sparling
    Dolores Costello
    Dolores Costello
    • Margaret Bronson
    Virginia Weidler
    Virginia Weidler
    • Ellen Sparling
    Don Beddoe
    Don Beddoe
    • Dinky
    Selmer Jackson
    Selmer Jackson
    • John Wilson
    Mary Forbes
    Mary Forbes
    • Gertrude Bishop
    Robert Emmett Keane
    Robert Emmett Keane
    • Sam Fulton
    Pierre Watkin
    Pierre Watkin
    • Hewitt Bronson
    Kathleen Lockhart
    Kathleen Lockhart
    • Miss Thornton
    Dick Curtis
    Dick Curtis
    • Flint
    Erville Alderson
    Erville Alderson
    • Sauers
    • (uncredited)
    Earl Askam
    • Prison Guard
    • (uncredited)
    Harry A. Bailey
    • Prisoner
    • (uncredited)
    Matthew 'Stymie' Beard
    Matthew 'Stymie' Beard
    • Penny
    • (uncredited)
    Clem Bevans
    Clem Bevans
    • Smedley
    • (uncredited)
    Stanley Brown
    Stanley Brown
    • Reporter
    • (uncredited)
    Tommy Bupp
    Tommy Bupp
    • Billie
    • (uncredited)
    Jack Chefe
    • Music Teacher
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Ray McCarey
    • Writers
      • Ferdinand Reyher
      • Harold Buchman
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    • Release date
      • May 4, 1939 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Dois Rivais
    • Production company
      • Columbia Pictures
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    • Runtime
      1 hour
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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