They All Come Out
A "Crime Doesn't Pay" morality drama about a young man sentenced to a prison term and attempts by the system to rehabilitate jailed criminals.
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"A quasi-documentary that starts as a crime caper and ends as a dramatized tutorial on the American penal system, this film is fairly comprehensive in explaining the options available to prisoners, depending upon their histories and attitudes. It especially emphasizes the differences between correctional or reform facilities and those dedicated to penitence or punishment. The problem with the film is its one-sided view of things. In the real world, every guard, warden and board member is not so altruistic or benign. And politics can interfere with good intentions. Still, it paints a picture of..."
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The original trailer claimed that this film was the first to show the real truth about Alcatraz and other federal prisons. In fact, this started out as a four-reel documentary short on federal prisons. Louis B. Mayer asked shorts director Jacques Tourneur to expand the documentary. Mayer liked what he saw and ordered Tourneur to use the footage to create a feature film of fiction. This became Tourneur's first American feature film.
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A "Crime Doesn't Pay" morality drama about a young man sentenced to a prison term and attempts by the system to rehabilitate jailed criminals.