In Invisible Stripes (1939), Humphrey Bogart and Lee Patrick are seen leaving a theater showing this movie.
The author of the play "Chalked Out", upon which this film is based is Lewis E. Lawes (1883-1947), who was the warden at Sing Sing prison from 1920 to 1941. Lawes wrote two books that also were turned into the films: 20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932) (remade as Castle on the Hudson (1940)) and Invisible Stripes (1939).
The original play opened on Broadway in New York at the Morosco Theatre, 217 W. 45th St., on 26 March 1937 and ran for 12 performances.
Three actors listed in Studio records as being in this film were not seen in the movie. These were (with their character names): Nat Carr (Convict), Lane Chandler (Guard), and Joe Devlin (Prisoner).
One of four films in which Humphrey Bogart and Gale Page both appear, including Crime School (1938), The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938), and They Drive by Night (1940).
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