I Am a Criminal

Name: I Am a Criminal
Director: William Nigh
Genre: Crime
Released: 1938-12-07
Duration: 1 h 12 min
Rating: 7
Cast: John Carroll, Kay Linaker, Craig Reynolds, Martin Spellman, Lester Matthews

“Bullet-blazing drama of the man in the headlines...and the story behind them!”

1938

1h 12m

Crime

Director: William Nigh

Writers: Harrison Jacobs, John W. Krafft

Overview

In this crime drama, a gangster uses an innocent newsboy to manipulate the jury just prior to his manslaughter trial. The 10-year-old newsboy idolizes the gangster. Eventually the lad's admiration comes to deeply affect the gangster who begins to soften up. Meanwhile his moll plans to rob him. The newsboy intervenes and stops her.