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I Was a Convict

  • Drama
  • Crime

March 6, 1939 (US)

1h 2m

CAN HE GO STRAIGHT? WILL THEY GIVE HIM A CHANCE?

In this crime drama a wealthy business tycoon serves a sentence for tax fraud. While there he becomes good friends with his cellmates and after they are all released, the magnate appoints them both as executives in his company.

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