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Key Details

Release StatusReleased
Release Date1939-05-11
Languageen
Runtime1h 9m
Production

Columbia Pictures

6.0(16)
•1939•1h 9m

Blind Alley

"STAND IN HIS WAY..AND DIE!"

CrimeThriller

Overview

A gangster takes a doctor and his family hostage.

Cinematography
Lucien Ballard

Principal Cast

19 credited
Chester Morris
Chester MorrisHal Wilson
Ralph Bellamy
Ralph BellamyDr. Shelby
Ann Dvorak
Ann DvorakMary
Joan Perry
Joan PerryLinda Curtis
Melville Cooper
Melville CooperGeorge Curtis
Rose Stradner
Rose StradnerDoris Shelby
John Eldredge
John EldredgeDick Holbrook (as John Eldridge)
Ann Doran
Ann DoranAgnes
Marc Lawrence
Marc LawrenceBuck
Stanley Brown
Stanley BrownFred Landis

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