Each Dawn I Die

Each Dawn I Die
Directed byWilliam Keighley
Written byWarren Duff
Norman Reilly Raine
Charles Perry
Based onEach Dawn I Die
1938 novel
by Jerome Odlum
Produced byDavid Lewis
Hal B. Wallis
Jack L. Warner
StarringJames Cagney
George Raft
Jane Bryan
George Bancroft
Maxie Rosenbloom
CinematographyArthur Edeson
Edited byThomas Richards
Music byMax Steiner
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • July 22, 1939 (1939-07-22)
Running time
92 minutes
LanguageEnglish
Budget$735,000[1]
Box office$1,570,000[1]

Each Dawn I Die is a 1939 gangster film directed by William Keighley and starring James Cagney and George Raft. The plot involves an investigative reporter who is unjustly thrown in jail and befriends a famous gangster. The film was based on the novel of the same name by Jerome Odlum and the supporting cast features Jane Bryan, George Bancroft, Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom, and Victor Jory.

  1. ^ a b Warner Bros financial information in The William Schaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 19 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551