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Don’t Turn ‘em Loose (1936)


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Title: Don’t Turn ‘em Loose [IMDb]


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Release date: September 18, 1936
Studio: RKO
Runtime: 65 minutes
IMDB genres: action, crime, drama, romance

Synopsis [hide]

A conscientious attorney who is a member of the State Parole Board, finds his own son, using an alias, up for parole and makes the decision to cast the approving vote. This turns out to cause many problems for the family while on vacation, and the father has to make another hard decision.

Plot keywords (from IMDb): actress shares first name with character, approval, attorney, baby, blackmail, board meeting, bomb, bracelet, brother sister relationship, california, cigarette smoking, dairy, damsel in distress, death in family, death of son, deception, deputy, detective, double cross, double life, engagement, escape from prison, explosion, extortion, family relationships, father daughter relationship, father son relationship, gang, gang leader, gang member, gangster, gift, graduation, guard, gun, gunfire, held at gunpoint, henchman, homecoming, husband wife relationship, impersonation, infidelity, judge, male female relationship, moll, mother daughter relationship, mother son relationship, murder, parole, parole board, police, prison, prison guard, prison warden, racketeer, reform, remorse, reprisal, retribution, review, robbery, school superintendent, social problem, state governor, tension, train, trap, violence, vocation, wealth, weapon, wedding, 1930s

Cast and Crew

ActorRole
Lewis StoneJohn Webster
James GleasonDetective Daniels
Bruce CabotRobert Webster (alias Bat Williams)
Louise LatimerLetty Graves
Betty GrableMildred Webster
Grace BradleyGrace Forbes
Nella WalkerHelen Webster
Frank M. ThomasAttorney Pierce
Harry JansVic
John ArledgeWalter Clifford
Frank JenksPete
Maxine JenningsNellie (alias Mrs. Williams)
Gordon JonesJoe Graves
Jack RandallAl

Benjamin Stoloff: director

Max Steiner: stock music composer


Film Statistics

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Film duration: 1:05:05
Music duration: 19:07:36
Pages in score: no score available
Total themes: 12
Themes with variants: 2
Total variants: 2
Total gestures: 0
Total underscoring sections: 1
Total underscoring duration: 19:00:09
Total instances: 18

Themes

Name Uses Variants
Gimpy Walk 4 0
Makes You Forget Your Troubles 3 1
Blackboard Murder 1 1
Crestwood A 1 0
Crestwood B 1 0
Crestwood C 1 0
Here Comes the Bride 1 0
Mildred Waltz 1 0
Mystery 1 0
Souvenir No. 16 1 0
Suicide Transition 1 0
Suicide Transition 2 1 0

Other films borrowed from:

Murder on the Blackboard (1934)

The Phantom of Crestwood (1932)

Of Human Bondage (1934)

Are These Our Children? (1931)

Is My Face Red? (1932)

The Public Defender (1931)

Lucky Devils (1933)

Underscoring

Name
Dramatic