You Can't Get Away with Murder

You Can't Get Away with Murder

AMERICA'S TWO-FISTER ANSWER to the Gun-Mad Rats Who Rule the Underworld!

Directed by Lewis Seiler

Produced by First National Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures

193989 min5.8 / 10

A gritty 1930s crime drama about a young man corrupted by a ruthless criminal mentor, caught in a web of murder, coercion, and prison injustice.

Johnnie learns crime from petty thug Frank Wilson. When Wilson kills a pawnbroker with a gun stolen from Johnnie's sister Madge's fiance Fred Burke, Fred goes to Sing Sing's death house. Wilson uses all the pressure can to keep Johnnie silent, even after he and Johnnie themselves wind up in the big house.

Questions people ask

  • Is You Can't Get Away with Murder scary? Yes. More frightening than 82% of films.

  • Is You Can't Get Away with Murder easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Does You Can't Get Away with Murder end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is You Can't Get Away with Murder violent? Somewhat. More violent than 68% of films.

  • Is You Can't Get Away with Murder sad? Somewhat. More sad than 61% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

16/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity9

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise29

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love15

How much audiences actually like it

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