Blackwell's Island (1939)





In 1934, a New York reporter infiltrates a crime syndicate by befriending its boss who is serving time inside Blackwell Island prison.


Books with substantial mentioning of Blackwell's Island

James Robert Parish
Prison Pictures from Hollywood, Plots, Critiques, Casts and Credits for 293 Theatrical and Made-for-Television Releases
Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, 1991

Howard Gelman
The Films of John Garfield
Secaucus, N.J., 1975
pp. 58-60 info

Books with an entry on Blackwell's Island

Larry Langman and Daniel Finn
A Guide to American Crime Films of the Thirties
Westport, Connecticut - London, 1995