The Man Who Lived Twice (1936)

Slick Rawley decides to go on the lam after his latest robbery leaving behind his partners Gloves Baker and Peggy Russel. After hearing Dr. Clifford Schuyler's lecture on the possibility of using surgery to turn evil men into good citizens, Rawley volunteers to be his first human guinea pig. The only thing Rawley asks for in return is plastic surgery to change his appearance. After the surgery, Rawley awakens with complete memory loss. He takes the name James Blake, later becoming a medical doctor and an upstanding member of the community. When he is appointed as the doctor at a nearby women's prison, Peggy Russel recognizes his voice and his secret is slowly revealed. His fingerprints eventually give him away and it's now up to the legal system to decide if James Blake should go to jail for the crimes of Slick Rawley.