Twelve inmates plan a prison break from the Colorado State Penitentiary but one of them reluctantly joins the group.Twelve inmates plan a prison break from the Colorado State Penitentiary but one of them reluctantly joins the group.Twelve inmates plan a prison break from the Colorado State Penitentiary but one of them reluctantly joins the group.
Reed Hadley
- Narrator
- (voice)
- Director
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Did you know
- TriviaThe radio station shown broadcasting from Warden Best's office, KRLN, was and still is an actual station in Canon City, Colorado, broadcasting on 1400 AM (2016).
- GoofsImmediately after the prison break, there's a shot of a crowd of people leaving a movie theatre, with Abbott & Costello in The Noose Hangs High (1948) (another Eagle-Lion release) prominently displayed on the readerboard. Only problem is, the break took place 30 December 1947, and The Noose Hangs High wasn't released until the end of the following April.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Let's Go to the Movies (1949)
Featured review
One of the better Prison-Break thrillers
Directed by veteran film-maker Crane Wilbur this rousing prison story is based on actual events that occurred at the Canon City penitentiary in Colorado in 1947.Newcomer Scott Brady is excellent as a convict who,caught up in events, must join in with eleven other escapees.As the fast-paced film-noir unfolds,each event is chronicled by that wonderful narrator Reed Hadley in semi-documentary fashion.A fine cast of character actors round out the cast; Jeff Corey as the ruthless convict leader,Stanley Clements,Robert Bice,and ( against type) Whit Bissell as a nervous killer.Actress Mabel Paige is particularly good as a very brave housewife.This film is another great example of Eagle-Lion pictures during that corporation's short run.
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- kartrabo
- Jul 7, 2000
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- Budget
- $424,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 22 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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