---
title: 'They Made Me a Criminal (1939)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Busby Berkeley'
released: '1939-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 92
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/they-made-me-a-criminal-1939'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032022/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# They Made Me a Criminal (1939)

1939 · 92 min · Drama, Crime · United States


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Busby Berkeley](https://cinepixo.com/people/busby-berkeley)
- **Screenplay:** [Sig Herzig](https://cinepixo.com/people/sig-herzig)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Max Steiner](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-steiner)
- **Producer:** [Hal B. Wallis](https://cinepixo.com/people/hal-b-wallis), [Benjamin Glazer](https://cinepixo.com/people/benjamin-glazer)
- **Director of Photography:** [James Wong Howe](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-wong-howe)
- **Editor:** [Jack Killifer](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-killifer)

## Cast

- [May Robson](https://cinepixo.com/people/may-robson)
- [Leo Gorcey](https://cinepixo.com/people/leo-gorcey)
- [Huntz Hall](https://cinepixo.com/people/huntz-hall)
- [Barbara Pepper](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-pepper)
- [Sam McDaniel](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-mcdaniel)
- [Gloria Dickson](https://cinepixo.com/people/gloria-dickson)
- [John Garfield](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-garfield)
- [Ann Sheridan](https://cinepixo.com/people/ann-sheridan)
- [Claude Rains](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-rains)
- [Louis Jean Heydt](https://cinepixo.com/people/louis-jean-heydt)
- [Billy Halop](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-halop)
- [Ward Bond](https://cinepixo.com/people/ward-bond)

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