6,000 Enemies

6,000 Enemies
6,000 Enemies
	US film poster
Directed by	George B. Seitz
Written by	Wilmon Menard; Leo L. Stanley
Produced by	Lucien Hubbard
Starring	Walter Pidgeon; Rita Johnson
Cinematography	John F. Seitz
Edited by	Conrad A. Nervig
Music by	Edward Ward
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	June 9, 1939;
Running time	62 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$204,000
Box office	$358,000

6,000 Enemies is a 1939 American drama film directed by George B. Seitz and starring Walter Pidgeon as a successful District Attorney who is framed on charge of bribery. Although innocent, he is sent to prison where he fights to clear his name. The film also stars Rita Johnson.

Plot summary

Steve Donegan is an elected district attorney and launches an anti-organized crime campaign. Joe Silenus, a crime boss, plots to frame Donegan for accepting a bribe. Donegan is sentenced to prison, where he re-encounters all the men he convicted during his anti-crime crusade. Martin receives orders to eliminate Donegan. Anne Barry, the embezzlement convict, saves his life by alerting the guards to her screams.

Steve’s brother pursues Silenus, disguised as a chauffeur in order to prove his innocence. ‘Socks’ Martin knocks Steve Donegan down six times, but he keeps getting up and fighting. Two revolvers are smuggled into the prison inside a fruit basket meant for the warden. ‘Socks suggests that Steve join him in the prison break. When Phil arrives at the prison to see Steve, he is shot in the drive by just outside the gates. The prisoners riot as a result of the shots, and the rumored prison break begins.^[2]

Cast

Walter Pidgeon as Steve Donegan
Rita Johnson as Anne Barry
Paul Kelly as Dr. Malcolm Scott
Nat Pendleton as 'Socks' Martin
Harold Huber as Joe Silenus
Grant Mitchell as Warden Alvin Parkhurst
John Arledge as Phil Donegan
J.M. Kerrigan as Dan Barrett
Adrian Morris as 'Bull' Snyder
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams as Maxie (as Guinn Williams)
Arthur Aylesworth as 'Bluebeard' Dawson
Raymond Hatton as Prisoner 'Wibbie' Yern
Lionel Royce as Prisoner 'Dutch' Myers
Tom Neal as Prisoner Ransom
Willie Fung as Wang

Box office

According to MGM records, the film earned $233,000 in the US and Canada and $125,000 elsewhere, resulting in a profit of $22,000.^[1] It also featured the short "The Bear That Couldn't Sleep", which was the first Barney Bear short.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
^ 6, 000 Enemies (1939) - IMDb, retrieved 2022-09-08

External links

6,000 Enemies at IMDb
6,000 Enemies at AllMovie
6,000 Enemies at the TCM Movie Database
6,000 Enemies at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

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[Mannix-1] The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.

[2] 6, 000 Enemies (1939) - IMDb, retrieved 2022-09-08

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