The read
It runs a compact 1h 20m.
Synopsis
Vicious gangster Vincent Canelli pulls off a daring prison escape just moments before going to the electric chair, taking with him Peter Manning – a bank robber and cop killer who was to die right after him. Taking several hostages along, they try to get their hands on the loot from Manning’s robbery to finance their escape from the country.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
34 audience votes
Key crew
- Hugo FregoneseDirector
- Paul DunlapOriginal Music Composer
- Sydney BoehmScreenplay
Cast
- Edward G. RobinsonVincent Canelli
- Jean ParkerHatti Combest
- Peter GravesPeter Manning
- Milburn StoneFather Slocum
- Warren StevensJoey Stewart
- Sylvia FindleyEllen Norris
- Jack KellyFrank Carson
- Hal BaylorLou Mehrtens
- James BellJohn Norris
- Vic PerrinDr. Hart
- Russell JohnsonHoward Sloane
- Lee AakerLittle Boy (uncredited)
Stills
Themes
bank robberdeath rowhostage-takingprison escapeescaped convictpolice shootouthidden lootgang mollruthless criminalsgangster boss