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6,000 Enemies
US film poster
Directed byGeorge B. Seitz
Written byWilmon Menard
Leo L. Stanley
Produced byLucien Hubbard
StarringWalter Pidgeon
Rita Johnson
CinematographyJohn F. Seitz
Edited byConrad A. Nervig
Music byEdward Ward
Distributed byMGM
Release date
  • June 9, 1939 (1939-06-09)
Running time
62 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$204,000[1]
Box office$358,000[1]

6,000 Enemies is a 1939 American drama film directed by George B. Seitz and starring Walter Pidgeon as a successful District Attorney who is framed on charge of bribery. Although innocent, he is sent to prison where he fights to clear his name. The film also stars Rita Johnson.

Plot summary

Steve Donegan is an elected district attorney and launches an anti-organized crime campaign. Joe Silenus, a crime boss, plots to frame Donegan for accepting a bribe. Donegan is sentenced to prison, where he re-encounters all the men he convicted during his anti-crime crusade. Martin receives orders to eliminate Donegan. Anne Barry, the embezzlement convict, saves his life by alerting the guards to her screams.

Steve’s brother pursues Silenus, disguised as a chauffeur in order to prove his innocence. ‘Socks’ Martin knocks Steve Donegan down six times, but he keeps getting up and fighting. Two revolvers are smuggled into the prison inside a fruit basket meant for the warden. ‘Socks suggests that Steve join him in the prison break. When Phil arrives at the prison to see Steve, he is shot in the drive by just outside the gates. The prisoners riot as a result of the shots, and the rumored prison break begins.[2]

Cast

Box office

According to MGM records, the film earned $233,000 in the US and Canada and $125,000 elsewhere, resulting in a profit of $22,000.[1] It also featured the short "The Bear That Couldn't Sleep", which was the first Barney Bear short.

References

  1. ^ a b c The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  2. ^ 6, 000 Enemies (1939) - IMDb, retrieved 2022-09-08


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