# Parole Fixer

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1940 film by Robert Florey

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Parole Fixer Directed by Robert Florey Screenplay by William R. Lipman Horace McCoy Based on Persons in Hiding 1938 book by J. Edgar Hoover Produced by Edward T. Lowe Jr. Starring William Henry Lyle Talbot Virginia Dale Richard Denning Anthony Quinn Robert Paige Cinematography Harry Fischbeck Edited by Harvey Johnston Music by Gerard Carbonara John Leipold Leo Shuken (uncredited) Production company Paramount Pictures Distributed by Paramount Pictures Release date February 2, 1940 (1940-02-02) Running time 58 minutes Country United States Language English

***Parole Fixer*** is a 1940 American [crime film](/source/Crime_film) directed by [Robert Florey](/source/Robert_Florey).

[Federal Bureau of Investigation](/source/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation) Director [J. Edgar Hoover](/source/J._Edgar_Hoover) is credited for the source material, the 1938 book called *Persons in Hiding*, a purported expose of corruption within the parole system.

## Plot

Gangster "Big Boy" Bradmore is wrongly paroled from prison and promptly murders an FBI agent.

## Cast

- [William Henry](/source/William_Henry_(actor)) as Scott Britton

- [Virginia Dale](/source/Virginia_Dale) as Enid Casserly

- [Robert Paige](/source/Robert_Paige) as Steve Eddson

- [Gertrude Michael](/source/Gertrude_Michael) as Collette Menthe

- [Richard Denning](/source/Richard_Denning) as Bruce Eaton

- [Fay Helm](/source/Fay_Helm) as Rita Mattison

- [Anthony Quinn](/source/Anthony_Quinn) as Francis 'Big Boy' Bradmore

- [Harvey Stephens](/source/Harvey_Stephens) as Bartley Hanford

- [Marjorie Gateson](/source/Marjorie_Gateson) as Mrs. Thorton Casserly

- [Lyle Talbot](/source/Lyle_Talbot) as Ross Waring

- [Louise Beavers](/source/Louise_Beavers) as Aunt Lindy

- [Paul McGrath](/source/Paul_McGrath_(actor)) as Tyler Craden

- [Jack Carson](/source/Jack_Carson) as George Mattison

## External links

- [*Parole Fixer*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032890/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

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