Roger Touhy, Gangster

Overview

Set during Prohibition, the movie centers on Touhy's rise from small time thug to the city's most powerful bootlegger whose empire is rivaled only by that of Al Capone (who is referred to, but never named in the story). It is his rival who frames Touhy for kidnapping and arranges for him to serve a life-long term in Stateville prison. Determined to be free again, the desperate Touhy and his cellmate Basil "the Owl" Banghart, begin plotting a violent break out.

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Cast

Preston Foster

Roger Touhy

Victor McLaglen

Herman "Owl" Banghart

Lois Andrews

Daisy

Kent Taylor

Steve Warren

Anthony Quinn

George Carroll

William Post Jr.

Joseph P. Sutton

Harry Morgan

Thomas "Smoke" Reardon

Matt Briggs

Cameron

Moroni Olsen

Riley

Reed Hadley

FBI Agent Boyden