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Blackmail is a 1939 crime drama film starring Edward G. Robinson. The black-and-white film was directed by H.C. Potter.

Plot

Edward G. Robinson plays a very successful oil-field firefigher with a young family. All is going so well, he's even bought his own oil well in hope of striking it rich. His greatest fears are realized, however, when a man from his secret past sees him in a newsreel and shows up looking for a job. Eventually the man attempts to blackmail the firefighter, who had run from a chain gang years ago and started a new life and family under and assumed name. After a shady deal is made, Ingram the firefighter is tricked and the man turns the fugitive into authorities and ends up back on a chain gang. Meanwhile, the man that turned him in turns into a very rich man.

When Ingram finds out about the success of the man that betrayed him, he plans a daring escape in an attempt to return home and get revenge on the man.

Cast

Edward G. Robinson
as John R. Ingram, an Alias of John Harrington
Ruth Hussey
as Helen Ingram
Gene Lockhart
as William 'Bill' Ramey
Bobs Watson as Hank Ingram
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams as Moose McCarthy (as Guinn Williams)

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