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Outside These Walls

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Outside These Walls
Directed byRay McCarey
(as Raymond B. McCarey)
Screenplay byHarold Buchman
Story byFerdinand Reyher
StarringMichael Whalen
Dolores Costello
Virginia Weidler
CinematographyLucien Ballard
Edited byJames Sweeney
Color processBlack and white
Production
company
Columbia Pictures
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • May 4, 1939 (1939-05-04)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Outside These Walls is a 1939 American crime film directed by Ray McCarey and starring Michael Whalen, Dolores Costello and Virginia Weidler.

Plot

Walen plays Dan Sparling, a convicted embezzler who becomes editor of his prison newspaper. After serving out his sentence, he sets up an independent newspaper devoted to attacking corruption in public life, encountering various difficulties due to his being an ex-con and opposition from the incumbent administration.

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