Men Without Souls (1940)

Name: Men Without Souls
Genre: Crime, Drama
Released: 1940-05-20
Duration: 62 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Barton MacLane, John Litel, Rochelle Hudson, Glenn Ford, Don Beddoe

Men Without Souls (1940), directed by Nick Grindé, starring Barton MacLane and John Litel.

05/20/1940 BR Crime and Drama 1h 2m

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Quiz about this movie

"Come and Get Us - This Time We Scram - or Croak!"

Synopsis

A prison chaplain (John Litel) rescues a young convict (Glenn Ford) on a misguided mission of revenge.

Benjamin H. KlineCinematography
Nick GrindéDirector
James SweeneyEditing
Wallace MacDonaldProducer

About the film

Men Without Souls is a 1940 black and white crime movie, starring Barton MacLane and Glenn Ford and directed by Nick Grinde.

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Men Without Souls is a 1940 black and white crime movie, starring Barton MacLane and Glenn Ford and directed by Nick Grinde.

Plot

Johnny Adams goes to prison, under a false name, with the intention of killing the sadistic Captain White, a bastard guard, who had beaten Johnny's father to death just before the end of his sentence. Not knowing Johnny's true identity, White asks him to spy on his cellmate "Blackie" Drew, but Johnny and Blackie develop a mutual respect for one another.

Rev. Thomas Storm, the prison's idealistic new chaplain, well-meaning but seen by the prisoners as a fink, learns of Johnny's plan and persuades him to give it up and do his time peacefully, but when "Blackie" quietly kills White, he frames Johnny out of misguided spite. The honesty of Rev. Storm ensures that Johnny gets convicted, and sentenced to the chair, but Storm has a feeling that Blackie is holding out some angle on the truth.

Only Blackie can save Johnny, but will the truth set Johnny free, or an explosion in the prison boiler room?

Cast

References

Gunmen and gangsters: profiles of nine actors who portrayed memorable screen, by Michael Schlossheimer

The American movies reference book: the sound era, by Paul Michael, James Robert Parish, Prentice-Hall, inc

External links

Men Without Souls at IMDb

Text from Men Without Souls on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men_Without_Souls

Trivia

It premiered on May 20, 1940, a Monday.
It runs 1h02 — short for a feature film.
This film's quiz has 13 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.