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San Quentin (1946)

APPROVED 66 min  -  Drama  -   16 December 1946 (USA)
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Television viewer seeing this for the first time: Gee whiz, it's in black-and-white and was made in the 40's and is about crime and... See full summary »

Director:

Gordon Douglas

Writers:

Lawrence Kimble (original screen play), Arthur A. Ross (original screen play), and 2 more credits »
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Lawrence Tierney ...
Jim Roland
Barton MacLane Barton MacLane ...
Nick Taylor
Marian Carr Marian Carr ...
Betty Richards
Harry Shannon Harry Shannon ...
Warden Kelly
Carol Forman Carol Forman ...
Ruthie
Joe Devlin Joe Devlin ...
'Broadway' Johnson
Tom Keene Tom Keene ...
Hal Schaeffer, Robbery Detail (as Richard Powers)
Tony Barrett Tony Barrett ...
Steve Marlowe
Lee Bonnell Lee Bonnell ...
Joe Carzoni
Robert Clarke Robert Clarke ...
Tommy North
Raymond Burr ...
Jeff Torrance
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Franklyn Farnum Franklyn Farnum ...
Doctor (scenes deleted)
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Storyline

Television viewer seeing this for the first time: Gee whiz, it's in black-and-white and was made in the 40's and is about crime and...Eureka!...another "noir" film is discovered. How about just another typical Martin Mooney film that starts out as pretending to be something socially significant---call Prison Warden Lewis E. Lawes to do another prologue speech---and then quickly gets into just another cops-vs-robbers (or good crooks vs. bad crooks)B-feature action-thriller that will open in every 2nd-tier theatre in the country on Sunday, close on Wednesday... and be the bottom-half of a grind-house twin-bill two weeks later. "San Quentin" ably fills that description. Ex-con Jim Rowland (Lawrence Tierney), gone straight and returning from WWII as a hero, is more than a bit irked, as one of the founders of the Prison Welfare League (cons rehabilitating cons inside and outside the walls)... Written by Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>  

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Warden | Prison | Criminal | Rehabilitation | Inmate  | See more »

Genres:

Drama

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

O Presídio de San Quentin See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

RKO Radio Pictures See more »
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Technical Specs

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Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Trivia

Film debut of Raymond Burr. See more »