San Quentin (1946 film)

San Quentin
San Quentin
Directed by	Gordon Douglas
Written by	Arthur A. Ross
Starring	Lawrence Tierney; Barton MacLane
Cinematography	Frank Redman
Edited by	Marvin Coil
Music by	Paul Sawtell
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release dates	December 8, 1946 (Premiere-Boston); December 17, 1946 (U.S.);
Running time	66 min.
Country	United States
Language	English

San Quentin is a 1946 American romantic drama film directed by Gordon Douglas.

The warden of San Quentin State Prison takes three of his best-behaved model prisoners to a press event in San Francisco, but Nick Taylor (Barton MacLane) escapes en route. The warden enlists an old enemy of Taylor's, Jim Roland (Lawrence Tierney), 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.

Cast

Lawrence Tierney as Jim Roland
Barton MacLane as Nick Taylor
Marian Carr as Betty Richards
Harry Shannon as Warden Kelly
Carol Forman as Ruthie
Joe Devlin as 'Broadway' Johnson
Tom Keene as Hal Schaeffer
Tony Barrett as Steve Marlowe
Lee Bonnell as Joe Carzoni
Robert Clarke as Tommy North
Raymond Burr as Jeff Torrance
unbilled players include: Byron Foulger, Selmer Jackson and Herbert Rawlinson

References

^ ^a ^b "San Quentin: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved April 30, 2014.

External links

San Quentin at IMDb
San Quentin at the TCM Movie Database

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[AFI-1] "San Quentin: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved April 30, 2014.

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