Paroled from the Big House is a 1938 American crime film directed by Elmer Clifton and starring Jean Carmen, Ted Adams and George Eldredge. It was produced as a second feature on Poverty Row.Pitts p.196 It was later reissued under the alternative title Main Street Girl.
Plot A district attorney opposes the leniency of the parole board. In particular a cop killer, 'Slicker' Nixon is released from prison and immediately sets up a new racket. Pat Mallory's father is a store owner who is killed by Nixon's gang and seeks revenge by plotting to kill the gangster.
Cast Jean Carmen as Pat Mallory Ted Adams as H.S. 'Slicker' Nixon George Eldredge as 'Red' Herron Milburn Stone as Commissioner Downey Walter Anthony as Joe 'Killer' Britt Ole Olsen as Torchy Gwen Lee as Binnie Bell Earl Douglas as Huke 'The Dude' Curtis Eleanor DeVan as Rita Edward Kaye as 'Gunner' Garson Joe Devlin as Jed Cross Allan Cavan as Chief of Police Kit Guard as Thug
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Bibliography Pitts, Michael R. Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940. McFarland & Company, 2005.
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