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They Made Me a Criminal

1939 film
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They Made Me a Criminal

Summary

They Made Me a Criminal is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (81 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • They Made Me a Criminal's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • They Made Me a Criminal was directed by Busby Berkeley[4].
  • Sig Herzig wrote the screenplay for They Made Me a Criminal[5].
  • They Made Me a Criminal's composer is recorded as Max Steiner[6].
  • They Made Me a Criminal's genre is drama film[7].
  • They Made Me a Criminal's genre is crime film[8].
  • They Made Me a Criminal's genre is film noir[9].
  • A cast member of They Made Me a Criminal was John Garfield[10].
  • A cast member of They Made Me a Criminal was Claude Rains[11].
  • A cast member of They Made Me a Criminal was Ann Sheridan[12].
  • A cast member of They Made Me a Criminal was May Robson[13].
  • A cast member of They Made Me a Criminal was Gloria Dickson[14].
  • A cast member of They Made Me a Criminal was Billy Halop[15].
  • A cast member of They Made Me a Criminal was Barbara Pepper[16].
  • A cast member of They Made Me a Criminal was Huntz Hall[17].
  • A cast member of They Made Me a Criminal was John Ridgely[18].
  • A cast member of They Made Me a Criminal was Leo Gorcey[19].
  • A cast member of They Made Me a Criminal was Louis Jean Heydt[20].
  • A cast member of They Made Me a Criminal was Ward Bond[21].
  • A cast member of They Made Me a Criminal was Sam McDaniel[22].
  • They Made Me a Criminal was produced by Benjamin Glazer[23].
  • They Made Me a Criminal was produced by Hal B. Wallis[24].
  • They Made Me a Criminal's director of photography is recorded as James Wong Howe[25].
  • The original language of They Made Me a Criminal was English[26].
  • They Made Me a Criminal's Commons category is recorded as They Made Me a Criminal[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Producers include Benjamin Glazer[23] and Hal B. Wallis[24]. They Made Me a Criminal was directed by Busby Berkeley[4]. Sig Herzig wrote the screenplay for it[5]. Cast members include John Garfield[10], Claude Rains[11], Ann Sheridan[12], May Robson[13], Gloria Dickson[14], and Billy Halop[15].

Publication

They Made Me a Criminal was published on January 1, 1939[28]. The original language of it was English[26]. Genres include drama film[7], crime film[8], and film noir[9].

Why It Matters

They Made Me a Criminal ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (81 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29]

Related Entities

Ann Sheridan Busby Berkeley California Claude Rains film Hal B. Wallis John Garfield Max Steiner May Robson United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    P14449 → 962
    Producer → Benjamin Glazer, Hal B. Wallis
    Publication date → +1939-01-01T00:00:00Z
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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