The Angels Wash Their Faces

The Angels Wash Their Faces is a 1939 Warner Bros. film starring Ronald Reagan and The Dead End Kids.

Patrick Remson Ronald Reagan, the Assistant District Attorney, tries to prove Gabes innocence. His motives are not only to prove Gabes innocence, but also to get closer to his sister. Joy has devoted her life to helping Gabe and neglects her other interests, which was rallying against city government corruption, which pleases Martino. However, it is all for naught as Gabe is found guilty and sentenced to prison.The other boys, led by Billy Billy Halop, decide to do something to help Gabe. Billy runs for boy mayor and wins. He has Kroner arrested for a small infraction and sends him to jail. While there, Billy and the rest of the gang interrogate him and try to make him admit that Gabe is innocent. He does not cave in, that is until he is shown proof that his accomplices, Martino and the fire chief, are planning to skip the country. He confesses and Martino and the chief are arrested and sent to prison. ........

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