The Devil is a Sissy (MOD)

The Devil is a Sissy (MOD)No squealers, that's the rule. And Claude Pierce, a child of privilege eager to throw in with two rough and tumble lower East Siders, aims to live by it. But through their adventures the trio of would be toughs discovers another rule. It's harder to go straight than to live a life of crime. That's why The Devil Is a Sissy. This full hearted drama from the era of Dead End unites a trio of top 1930s child stars for the only time: Freddie Bartholomew

and toward the end Whipple lets him take the wheel for the winning finish

Then Alec falls for an open-hearted widow named Julie

Grizel Dane (Evelyn Keyes)

who co-produced and penned the story on which the screenplay was based

love and sacrifice

noir icon Lawrence Tierney (Dillinger

wonderfully cast comedy from veteran funnyman Buck Henry (Heaven Can Wait

Shearer plays a woman haunted by the death of her sweetheart and by her father's unnatural obsession

whose works include Women in Love

Captains Courageous and The Man Who Would Be King

undercover agent John Riggs (DeFore) follows the money trail to a Los Angeles hotel

But when Sherry continues to live in a way that would unhitch any vows