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Cody Jarrett is the sadistic leader of a ruthless gang of thieves. Afflicted by terrible headaches and fiercely devoted to his Ma, Cody is a volatile, violent, and eccentric leader. Codys top henchman wants to lead the gang and attempts to have an accident happen to Cody, while he is running the gang from in jail. But Cody is saved by an undercover cop, who thereby befriends him and infiltrates the gang. Finally, the stage is set for Codys ultimate betrayal and downfall, during a big heist at a chemical plant.
The psychopath criminal Arthur Cody Jarrett (James Cagney), who has Oedipus complex, and his gang rob a fortune from a train killing four people. In order to escape from the gas chamber, he confesses another crime in another state and is sentenced to two years in a prison. The secret agent Hank Fallon (Edmond OBrien) assumes the identity of Vic Pardo and shares the cell with Cody, trying to find where the money is. When Codys mother is killed, he escapes from prison with three criminals and Vic to catch the killer. HE considers Vic his baby brother, and is betrayed in a heist of the safe of a chemical plant.
James Cagney
Cody Jarrett
Virginia Mayo
Verna Jarrett
Edmond O'Brien
Hank Fallon aka Vic Pardo
Margaret Wycherly
Ma Jarrett
Steve Cochran
Big Ed Somers
John Archer
Philip Evans
Wally Cassell
Cotton Valletti
Fred Clark
The Trader aka Winston
Joel Allen
Operative
Claudia Barrett
Cashier
Ray Bennett
Guard
Marshall Bradford
Chief of Police
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Guard
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