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San Quentin (1946 film)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
| name = San Quentin
| image =
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| director = Gordon Douglas
| producer =
| writer = Arthur A. Ross
| starring = Lawrence Tierney
Barton MacLane
| music = Paul Sawtell
| cinematography = Frank Redman
| editing = Marvin Coil
| distributor = RKO Radio Pictures
| released =
| runtime = 66 min.
| country = United States
| language = English
}}
'San Quentin' is a 1946 American romantic drama film directed by Gordon Douglas.
Plot
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 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.
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
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