Movie  1939
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Frank Ross: I'll get out if I hafta kill every screw in the joint!
'Hood' Stacey: Imagine Stacey workin' for the cops? That's a hot one.
'Hood' Stacey: Okay, canary, start singin'!
Frank Ross: I don't love life much, but I don't hate it enough to stick my head in front of a screw's bullet.

Frank Ross: An army couldn't get you out of that courthouse. A lot of guys have tried it and they've all been buried.
'Hood' Stacey: So, how tough are you, babe?
Joyce Conover: You're a blind, stupid, selfish, contemptible, tinhorn crook.
'Hood' Stacey: Wait a minute! What do I gotta do, fight my way back in?
'Hood' Stacey: You're the only guy I ever met that gave me a break without putting the bee on me for dough.
Convict Fargo Red: Into the hole he goes.
'Hood' Stacey: Ain't there a rule against talking in this young ladies riding academy?
Description
Although innocent, reporter Frank Ross is found guilty of murder and is sent to jail. While his friends at the newspaper try to find out who framed him, Frank gets hardened by prison life and his optimism turns into bitterness. He meets fellow-inmate Stacey and they decide to help each other.