 SPOILER: Franks name in real life was Joseph Majczek. After being  released from prison in 1945, he worked as an insurance agent in  Chicago. For his wrongful imprisonment, the State of Illinois  awarded him $24,000, which Majczek gave to his mother Tillie.  Majczek eventually remarried his wife with whom he had divorced  while he was in prison. His last years were spent in a mental  institution; he died in 1983.