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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 | George Cleveland | Cliff Edwards | Erford Gage | Tala Birell | John Banner | Otto Reichow | Bruce Edwards | Richard Martin | Ann Summers | Kernan Cripps | Charles Flynn | Jack Martin | Lee Phelps | Albert D'Arno | Robert R. Stephenson | Harry Strang | Russell Hoyt | Edwin Stanley