William Haines
Jimmy Valentine
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Jimmy Valentine is the alias of an infamous safe cracker who has just been sentenced to prison for four years for his crimes. He does not stay locked up for long, though, as he is released after ten months.
Alias Jimmy Valentine: Directed by Jack Conway. With William Haines, Lionel Barrymore, Leila Hyams, Karl Dane. Jimmy is an expert safe cracker that intends to knock over a small town's leading bank, but he stays there and gets a job instead.
The story describes the events which lead up to the reformation of an ex-convict. In 1910, dramatist Paul Armstrong adapted the story into a highly successful Broadway play under the title Alias Jimmy Valentine which ran 155 performances at Wallack's Theatre in New York.
Safecracker Jimmy Valentine and his pal Swede are in the process of planning a "bank job" with Avery and other thieves, but Jimmy falls in love with Rose. Deciding to go straight under the name of Randall, he retires to the small town where she lives with her father.
Alias Jimmy Valentine: Directed by Maurice Tourneur. With Robert Warwick, Robert Cummings, Alec B. Francis, Frederick Truesdell. After robbing a bank, a criminal is wrongfully pardoned from prison.
Alias Jimmy Valentine (1928) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Movie Info. A safe cracker gives up his trade when he falls in love with a banker's daughter. Genre: Crime, Drama. Director: Jack Conway. Writer: Paul...
- Crime, Drama
