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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 237

They Made Me a Criminal

193992 minUnited States

Video edition: YouTube
Original language: English
This copy runs: 91:13
Subtitles: English

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Synopsis

A boxing champion is accused of a killing committed by his manager. Advised to disappear, he loses both his public identity and the people he trusted. The fugitive must build a life beyond the image that once made him valuable.

Cast

John Garfield

Claude Rains

Ann Sheridan

May Robson

DirectorsBusby Berkeley

Inspirations

The film revisits material previously adapted as The Life of Jimmy Dolan. Busby Berkeley directs John Garfield in a crime drama far removed from the elaborate musical choreography for which Berkeley is best known.

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Availability checked on September 10, 2026.

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John Garfield — Movie studio · Public domain
Claude Rains — Elmer Fryer · Public domain
Ann Sheridan — New York Sunday News · Public domain
May Robson — Trailer screenshot of Broadway to Hollywood Licencing information : https://web.archive.org/web/20080321033709/http://www.sabucat.com/?pg=copyright and http://www.creativeclearance.com/guidelines.html#D2 · Public domain

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