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Code of the Streets is a american film of genre Drama directed by Harold Young released in USA on 13 april 1939 with Frankie Thomas
Code of the Streets (1939)
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Add to a movie listCode of the Streets is a 1939 Universal Studios film that The Little Tough Guys.
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Convicted on circumstantial evidence, Tommy Shay (Paul Fix), a young product of the Front Street slums, is sentenced to die for the murder of police lieutenant Carson (Monte Montague). When Denver Collins (Marc Lawrence), Tommy's only alibi, mysteriously disappears, Tommy's younger brother Danny (James McCallion) and his gang of alley kids (The Little Tough Guys) determine to find a way to save Tommy from the electric chair. Lieutenant Lewis (Harry Carrey), Tommy's arresting officer, also believes that the boy is innocent and tries to get the case reopened. For his efforts, Lewis is demoted to patrolman, prompting his son Bob (Frankie Thomas), a radio bug with an ambition to become a detective, to initiate his own investigation by which he hopes to find the real murderer and reinstate his father.Actors
Frankie Thomas
(Bob Lewis)
Hal E. Chester
(Murph)
Harry Carey
(Detective Lieutenant John Lewis)
David Gorcey
(Yap)
William Benedict
(Trouble)
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