This Day and Age (1933)

A modern-day tale of gangsterism and revenge. After a notorious mobster murders a Jewish tailor and is let off for the crime, a band of outraged high-school students turns into vigilante crusaders hell-bent on punishing the wrongdoers. Memorable pre-Code moment: the students torturing a gangster by dangling him over a pit filled with rats.

Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille

Cast: Charles Bickford, Richard Cromwell, Billy Gilbert, Cecil B. DeMille, Charles Middleton, Harry Green, Judith Allen, Samuel S. Hinds

Genres: Crime, Drama

Rating: 6.3/10

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