They Made Me a Criminal

They Made Me a Criminal
Theatrical poster
Directed byBusby Berkeley
Screenplay by
Based onSucker
1933 play
by Bertram Millhauser
Beulah Marie Dix
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJames Wong Howe
Edited byJack Killifer
Music byMax Steiner
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • January 28, 1939 (1939-01-28)
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Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

They Made Me a Criminal is a 1939 American crime-drama film directed by Busby Berkeley and starring John Garfield, Claude Rains, and The Dead End Kids. It is a remake of the film The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933). The film later was featured in an episode of Cinema Insomnia. Portions of the film were shot in the Coachella Valley, California.[2]

  1. ^ Hayes, David (1982). The Films of the Bowery Boys. Secaucus, NJ: The Citadel Press. p. 29. ISBN 978-0806509310.
  2. ^ Palm Springs Visitors Center. "Coachella Valley Feature Film Production 1920-2011". Filming in Palm Springs. Palm Springs, CA. Archived from the original on October 1, 2012. Retrieved October 1, 2012.Download[permanent dead link] (Downloadable PDF file)