Ex con Lawrence Tierney, hunts a supposedly reformed inmate, MacLane who escapes during a trip to San Francisco.Ex con Lawrence Tierney, hunts a supposedly reformed inmate, MacLane who escapes during a trip to San Francisco.Ex con Lawrence Tierney, hunts a supposedly reformed inmate, MacLane who escapes during a trip to San Francisco.
Tom Keene
- Hal Schaeffer, Robbery Detail
- (as Richard Powers)
Franklyn Farnum
- Doctor
- (scenes deleted)
Ernie Adams
- The Tailor
- (uncredited)
Stanley Andrews
- Head Guard
- (uncredited)
Bobby Barber
- Shorty
- (uncredited)
Hugh Beaumont
- Card Player
- (uncredited)
Rodney Bell
- Andy
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFirst credited screen appearance of Raymond Burr.
- GoofsWhen Jim Drove to Mid-City Garage, the smoke disappears when the car that followed Jim appeared on screen Indicated a film cut.
- Crazy creditsThe story of this photoplay is told against the pictorial background of San Quentin prison, and the factual background of our penal institutions generally, but in its presentation of persons and specific institutions it is fictional. The characters are not intended to represent actual persons, living or dead.
- ConnectionsEdited from Gildersleeve's Bad Day (1943)
Featured review
Underrated flick - non-prison-based semi-noir crime drama
Much better than I expected based on the other reviews here. Jim Roland (Tierney) is a reformed criminal who has been through a rehab program - but now that he has been released, a fellow prisoner (Barton MacLane) who faked his way through the reform program threatens, via his continued criminal spree, to dismantle the reputation of this humane system. Roland has to stop his former jail-bird friend - but is this turning him again into a criminal? This is the nub of the movie - has Tierney's character really reformed or will he fall back into his criminal ways? Two female stars have smaller turns but quite memorable as the fatale-ish brunette (Forman) and goody-two-shoes blonde (Carr). An enjoyable movie!
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- declancooley
- Jul 6, 2023
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Prison Story
- Filming locations
- Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden - 301 N. Baldwin Avenue, Arcadia, California, USA(used for the Green Lake Gun Club)
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
- Runtime1 hour 6 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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