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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1288

Outside the Law

193070 minUnited States

Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: English
This copy runs: 76:09
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

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Wikimedia Commons · Tod Browning · Public domain

Synopsis

Gang leader Cobra Collins regards a rival's planned bank robbery as an invasion of his territory. His efforts to stop it turn criminal competition into a dangerous struggle for control.

Cast

Edward G. Robinson

Mary Nolan

DirectorsTod Browning

Historical context

Tod Browning returned to a story he had filmed in the silent era with Lon Chaney. This sound version gives Edward G. Robinson the role of the ruthless gang boss.

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Edward G. Robinson — Elmer Fryer · Public domain
Mary Nolan — Photoplay magazine; http://www.silentladies.com/PhtplayNQ.html · Public domain

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