Members of a teenage gang are sent to the State Reformatory, presided over by the callous Thompson. Soon Patsy Gargan, a former gangster appointed Deputy Commissioner, arrives and takes over the administration to run the place on radical principles. Thompson needs a quick way to discredit him.

Richard 'Patsy' Gargan

Dorothy Griffith

James 'Jimmie' Smith

Thompson

Judge H.J. Gilbert

Mike

Blonde with Mike

Fred Smith

Joliet "Smoke" Hemingway

Joe

Mrs. Smith

Brandon

Louis Johnson

Hopkins

Mr. Walters

Butch Kilgore

Isidore "Izzy" Horowitz

Mr. Gorman

Mr. Carmonotti

Johnny 'Skinny' Stone
June 24, 1933

Richard 'Patsy' Gargan

Dorothy Griffith

James 'Jimmie' Smith

Thompson

Judge H.J. Gilbert

Mike

Blonde with Mike

Fred Smith

Joliet "Smoke" Hemingway

Joe

Mrs. Smith

Brandon

Louis Johnson

Hopkins

Mr. Walters

Butch Kilgore

Isidore "Izzy" Horowitz

Mr. Gorman

Mr. Carmonotti

Johnny 'Skinny' Stone
