Members of a teenage gang are sent to the State Reformatory, presided over by the callous Thompson. Soon Patsy Gargan, a former gangster appointed Deputy Commissioner, arrives and takes over the administration to run the place on radical principles. Thompson needs a quick way to discredit him.
Top Cast
James Cagney as Richard 'Patsy' Gargan
Madge Evans as Dorothy Griffith
Frankie Darro as James 'Jimmie' Smith
Dudley Digges as Thompson
Arthur Byron as Judge H.J. Gilbert
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