Set during Prohibition, the movie centers on Touhy's rise from small time thug to the city's most powerful bootlegger whose empire is rivaled only by that of Al Capone (who is referred to, but never named in the story). It is his rival who frames Touhy for kidnapping and arranges for him to serve a life-long term in Stateville prison. Determined to be free again, the desperate Touhy and his cellmate Basil "the Owl" Banghart, begin plotting a violent break out.
as Roger Touhy
as Herman "Owl" Banghart
as Daisy
as Steve Warren
as George Carroll
as Joseph P. Sutton
as Thomas "Smoke" Reardon
as Cameron
as Riley
as FBI Agent Boyden
as Gloria
as FBI Agent Kerrigan
as Bernard "Troubles" O'Connor
as "Ice Box" Hamilton
as FBI Agent
as Mason
as Daisy's Courtroom Companion (uncredited)
as Court Clerk (uncredited)
as . Comic in Theater (uncredited)
as Priest (uncredited)
as Frank Williams - FBI Chief (uncredited)
as FBI Man Detaining 'Ice Box' (uncredited)
