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.
Richard 'Patsy' Gargan
Dorothy Griffith
James 'Jimmie' Smith
Thompson
Judge H.J. Gilbert
Mike
Blonde with Mike
Fred Smith
Joliet "Smoke" Hemingway
Joe
Mrs. Smith
Brandon
Louis Johnson
Hopkins
Mr. Walters
Butch Kilgore
Isidore "Izzy" Horowitz
Mr. Gorman
Mr. Carmonotti
Johnny 'Skinny' Stone
Charlie Burns
Sam (uncredited)
Guard Taking Jimmy to Thompson (uncredited)
Car Owner Paying 25¢ (uncredited)
Bill (uncredited)
Man in Johnson's Office (uncredited)
Joe's Henchman Playing Cards (uncredited)
Car Owner Refusing to Pay (uncredited)
Cop in Court (uncredited)
Boy Judge (uncredited)
Mr. Horowitz (uncredited)
Collector (uncredited)
Sheriff (uncredited)
Mr. Hemingway (uncredited)
Guard (uncredited)
Wilson (uncredited)
Joe's Henchman (uncredited)
Mrs. Burns (uncredited)
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