6,000 Enemies (1939)
District attorney Walter Pidgeon pursues the conviction of criminals so diligently that word has gone out in the state prison to "get" Pidgeon at the first opportunity. The DA has several enemies on the outside as well, one of whom frames him on a bribery charge. Pidgeon is sentenced to the prison where he has sent so many miscreants in the past. Dodging attempts on his own life, Pidgeon makes several valuable convict friends and manages to clear himself during a climactic jailbreak. 6,000 Enemies runs only 61 minutes--an average of about 100 enemies per minute. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Walter Pidgeon, Rita Johnson, (more)
- Director(s):
- George B. Seitz
Synopsis of 6,000 Enemies
District attorney Walter Pidgeon pursues the conviction of criminals so diligently that word has gone out in the state prison to "get" Pidgeon at the first opportunity. The DA has several enemies on the outside as well, one of whom frames him on a bribery charge. Pidgeon is sentenced to the prison where he has sent so many miscreants in the past. Dodging attempts on his own life, Pidgeon makes several valuable convict friends and manages to clear himself during a climactic jailbreak. 6,000 Enemies runs only 61 minutes--an average of about 100 enemies per minute. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of 6,000 Enemies
- Walter Pidgeon - Steve Donegan
- Paul Kelly - Dr. Malcolm Scott
- Harold Huber - Joe Silenus
- John Arledge - Phil Donegan
- Adrian Morris - "Bull" Snyder
- Arthur Ayleswofth - Dawson
- Lionel Royce - "Dutch" Myers
- Willie Fung - Wang
- Esther Dale - Matron
- Frank Lackteen - Bolo
- George Magrill
- Horace McMahon - Boxcar
- Selmar Jackson - Judge
- Rita Johnson - Anne Barry
- Nat Pendleton - "Socks" Martin
- Grant Mitchell - Warden Parkhurst
- J.M. Kerrigan - Dan Barrett
- Guinn "Big Boy" Williams - Maxie
- Raymond Hatton - "Wibbie" Yern
- Tom Neal - Ransom
- Helena Phillips Evans - "Peachie"
- Ernie S. Adams
- Ernest Whitman - Willie Johnson
- Jack Mulhall - O'Toole
- Drew Demarest - Henchman
- Robert Emmett Keane - Sam Todd
- Director(s):
- George B. Seitz
- Writer(s):
- Bertram Millhauser
- Producer(s):
- Lucien Hubbard
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