Men Without Souls

1940
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1 Std. 2 Min.

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Glenn Ford, Rochelle Hudson, Cy Kendall, and Barton MacLane in Men Without Souls (1940)

Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuJohnny Adams arrives in a brutal prison under an assumed name after deliberately framing himself in order to kill White, a captain of the guards, because he had beaten Johnny's father to dea... Alles lesenJohnny Adams arrives in a brutal prison under an assumed name after deliberately framing himself in order to kill White, a captain of the guards, because he had beaten Johnny's father to death. Rev. Thomas Stoner, also newly arrived, is the new prison chaplain, opposed by Schafer... Alles lesenJohnny Adams arrives in a brutal prison under an assumed name after deliberately framing himself in order to kill White, a captain of the guards, because he had beaten Johnny's father to death. Rev. Thomas Stoner, also newly arrived, is the new prison chaplain, opposed by Schafer, the prison warden. Stoner learns of Johnny's intentions and dissuades him from following... Alles lesen

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Barton MacLane

Blackie Drew

John Litel

Reverend Thomas Storm

Rochelle Hudson

Suzan Leonard

Glenn Ford

Johnny Adams

Don Beddoe

Warden Schafer

Cy Kendall

Capt. White

Eddie Laughton

Lefty

Dick Curtis

Duke

Richard Fiske

Crowley

Walter Soderling

Old Muck

Walter Sande

First Reporter
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Sam Ash

Prison Guard
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Stanley Brown

Guard
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Frank Bruno

Paul
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George Burton

Guard
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Edmund Cobb

Harmon
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Harry Depp

Male Secretary
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Alfred Hall

Governor
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Reverend Thomas Storm: Governor, I believe all convicts were decent citizens at the start. A lot of them could be again if we give them the chance. I can't feel that a single man up there was born bad. Something happened, something went wrong, something cracked and the first mistake was made. And now, instead of being given a new start, these men are punished, beaten for days. Yes, for months and years. They never see a kind face or hear a friendly word. They come out of prison hopeless, filled with hatred, wanting revenge on society. So you see, Governor, it's our own fault; we have made them men without souls.

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6/10

One of many crusading prison films of the era.

In the 1930s and 40s, there were many prison films...it was a popular genre. Many of them focused on the awful prisoners...but a few were moral crusade films were made with the intention to reform prisons. These well meaning films show the ugly side of prison and propose that prisoners become hardened criminals, in many cases, because they were so dehumanized in the prison system. Films like "I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang", "Blackwell's Island", "Crime School", "20,000 Years in Sing Sing" and "Brute Force" are all such crusade pictures....and so is "Men Without Souls".

The story begins with a new chaplain being appointed to a tough prison. The warden immediately dislikes Reverend Storm (John Litel), as Storm has complained about how the warden runs the place....and when he goes to work there, you know he'll receive little support from him. But the reverend also gains the enmity of the prisoners when he breaks up a prison riot. He did it to stop the slaughter of the rioters...but their leader, 'Blackie' (Barton MacLane with a great name, huh??) leads a solid front against cooperating with the chaplain.

A new prisoner (Glenn Ford) arrives and is placed in the cell with Blackie. The guards push the new guy to become a stoolie...but Johnny hates the guards and wants to kill the one in charge. After all, Johnny's own father had been incarcerated there and the guards did everything they could to make his life a living nightmare....and revenge is foremost on his mind. But the chaplain insists that Johnny could be saved...and works to help Johnny see the light. And, saving he'll need when Blackie sets up Johnny to take a fall.

So is this any good? Well, yes and no. While many of these crusading films are classics, this one is good but not nearly to the same level...mostly because the plot is laid on a bit thick at times. Imagine...a baddie named 'Blackie'! Plus, believability isn't exactly the case late in the film when Blackie uncharacteristically shows a decent side...even though he'd been a scum-bag for the previous 55 minutes! This is why I bumped the score down to 6...as the ending was incredibly unlikely to say the least!! Well acted and well-intentioned...it is entertaining throughout.