Gangster Vincent Canelli and bank robber Peter Manning escape from Death Row minutes before their execution by electric chair.Gangster Vincent Canelli and bank robber Peter Manning escape from Death Row minutes before their execution by electric chair.Gangster Vincent Canelli and bank robber Peter Manning escape from Death Row minutes before their execution by electric chair.
Lee Aaker
- Little Boy
- (uncredited)
James Bacon
- Reporter at Electrocution
- (uncredited)
Harry Bartell
- Boland
- (uncredited)
Arthur Batanides
- Reporter at Electrocution
- (uncredited)
Ray Bennett
- Alexander Watkins
- (uncredited)
Don Blackman
- Selwyn
- (uncredited)
David Bond
- Thompson
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe film was banned by the Memphis Censor Board due to its grimness and brutality.
- GoofsWhen one of the gang is injured and needs an operation, Robinson orders a captive to donate blood, and the man does so. However, he does not know--and no test is made to determine--if the man has a blood group compatible with that of the patient.
- Quotes
Father Slocum: Listen to me, Vincent... you can't keep on killing and killing.
Vincent Canelli: No? Just watch me.
- ConnectionsReferenced in The Swindle (1955)
- SoundtracksBlack Tuesday Blues
by Bob Parrish
Featured review
Edward G. Robinson and Peter Graves going to extremes to evade the electric chair
A grim drama consistently going from bad to worse the whole way to the end, but very efficiently told and acted, and Edward G. Robinson makes one of his most interesting characters as the angry gangster who only knows one way of life which is the worst without any room for any human feelings at all. The priest character (Milburn Stone) is very interesting in this context, while Peter Graves as the second worst gangster ultimately takes matters in his own hands and proves himself a hero after all although in a negative way. It's a very efficient getaway and hostage drama which will keep you biting your nails all the way, although you know it can only end in one way, no matter how perfectly they arranged their escape and almost managed it in spite of the inevitable fact in these operations, that something always must go wrong.
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- clanciai
- Feb 5, 2020
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- Runtime1 hour 20 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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