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Seven Miles from Alcatraz (1942)

Directed by Edward Dmytryk

Overview

After Pearl Harbor, convicts at Alcatraz prison live in fear of bomb attacks, driving Champ Larkin and his pal Jimbo to a desperate escape attempt which lands them on a tiny lighthouse island, where they take over. The five inhabitants are stymied in their efforts to summon aid. But the island also figures in the schemes of a big Nazi spy ring; which will win out, the gangsters’ greed or their patriotism?

Length 62 minutes

Actors

James Craig | Bonita Granville | Frank Jenks | Cliff Edwards | George Cleveland | Erford Gage | Tala Birell | John Banner | Otto Reichow