| Over the Wall | |
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| Directed by | Frank McDonald |
| Screenplay by | Crane Wilbur George Bricker |
| Story by | Lewis E. Lawes |
| Produced by | Bryan Foy |
| Starring | Dick Foran June Travis John Litel Dick Purcell Veda Ann Borg George E. Stone |
| Cinematography | James Van Trees |
| Edited by | Frank Magee |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 67 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Over the Wall is a 1938 Americandrama film directed byFrank McDonald and written byCrane Wilbur and George Bricker, based on a story byLewis E. Lawes. The film starsDick Foran,June Travis,John Litel,Dick Purcell,Veda Ann Borg andGeorge E. Stone. The film was released byWarner Bros. on April 2, 1938.[1][2][3]
Jerry Davis is an outlaw and troublemaker, one day he gets arrested for murder and sent to Sing Sing, there he discovers that he has a great singing voice and begins to rehabilitate himself.
Lawes wrote the story based on the life ofSing Sing inmateAlabama Pitts, who became a professional athlete following his stint as a well-known athlete in the prison. It was picked up byWarner Brothers by August 1935 under the titleThe Comeback.[4] In November 1935,James Cagney was hired to portray Pitts' character in the film withLloyd Bacon directing.[5] However, due to Cagney's lawsuit againstWarner Brothers for breach of contract, the studio replaced him. In April 1936,Dick Purcell was being considered for the role.[6][7]Harry Sauber,Ben Markson,Tom Reed, andJonathan Finn were initially working as screenplay writers as of June 1936.[8] In July 1936,Ross Alexander was hired to replace Cagney as Pitts' character,[9] but the role eventually went toDick Foran. The film was titledEvidence during production, but was changed toOver the Wall in December 1937 before the film's release.[10]
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