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San Quentin

Directed by Gordon Douglas
1946    66m    Not Rated
5.917%
The warden of San Quentin State Prison takes three of his best-behaved model prisoners to a press event in San Francisco, but one of them, Nick Taylor, escapes en route. The warden enlists an old enemy of Taylor's, Jim Roland, to bring him back to justice. The film comes with a prologue with former Sing Sing warden Lewis E. Lawes advocating the inmates' Mutual Welfare League.
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Cast of San Quentin
  • Lawrence TierneyJim Roland
  • Barton MacLaneNick Taylor
  • Marian CarrBetty Richards
  • Harry ShannonWarden Kelly
  • Carol FormanRuthie
  • Joe Devlin'Broadway' Johnson
  • Tom KeeneHal Schaeffer
  • Tony BarrettSteve Marlowe
  • Lee BonnellJoe Carzoni
  • Robert ClarkeTommy North
  • Raymond BurrJeff Torrance
  • Lewis E. LawesPrologue Speaker
  • Robert DudleyFuller (uncredited)
  • Selmer JacksonRev. Eckles (uncredited)
  • Byron FoulgerDixon (uncredited)
  • Larry NunnDanny (uncredited)
  • Harry TylerPete Moley (uncredited)
  • Herbert RawlinsonDr. Stanton (uncredited)
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