Each Dawn I Die is a 1939 gangster film directed by William Keighley and starring James Cagney and George Raft.

The film was based on the novel of the same name by Jerome Odlum and the supporting cast features Jane Bryan, George Bancroft, Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom, and Victor Jory.

Frank Ross, a crusading newspaperman on the trail of a crooked district attorney, is framed for manslaughter and sentenced to a maximum 20 years in prison.

Ross, meanwhile, is implicated in the escape and spends five months in solitary confinement, where he is handcuffed to the bars in the dark and fed bread and water once a day.

Meanwhile, Stacey, impressed with Ross being a "square guy," decides to go back to prison and force Polecat to confess.

As the National Guard successfully quells the escape attempt, the warden witnesses Polecat's confession to framing Ross.

Thus, Ross is finally vindicated, Stacey and Polecat are later killed by Guard soldiers, and the governor and head of the parole board are indicted for murder.