"SAVAGE REALISM FILMED BEHIND PRISON WALLS !" 08 June 1950 Adventure, Drama, Crime 66 mins
A man wrongly accused of a crime must decide between getting involved in a prison break, or remaining in jail until his wife can prove his innocence.
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Warner Baxter as Rodger Manners
Onslow Stevens as Richard Evans
Karin Booth as Shirley Manners
Robert Shayne as Stanley Brown
Richard Benedict as Mike Gavin
Brett King as Al 'Kid' Beaumont
John Bleifer as Jailbreak Jimmy
Leo Cleary as Warden-Narrator
Rick Vallin as Tom
William Fawcett as Costello, a Prisoner
Frank Burt Screenplay
Howard J. Green Screenplay
Lew Landers Director
Robert Libott Screenplay
Ira H. Morgan Director of Photography
James Sweeney Editor
Seldon White Gaffer
United States 08 June 1950
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