MOVIEmeter
SEE RANK
Up 5,243 this week

Canon City (1948)

 -  Action | Drama | Crime  -  30 June 1948 (USA)
6.9
Your rating:
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 -/10 X  
Ratings: 6.9/10 from 122 users  
Reviews: 9 user | 3 critic

This movie centers around a prison escape from the Colorado State Penitentiary. There are 12 escapees and it shows the efforts placed to capture these men.

Director:

Writer:

0Check in
0Share...

Related News

User Lists

Related lists from IMDb users

a list of 872 titles created 16 Jan 2012
 
a list of 10 titles created 3 months ago
 
a list of 46 titles created 5 months ago
 
a list of 440 titles created 10 months ago
 
a list of 1377 titles created 5 months ago
 

Connect with IMDb


Share this Rating

Title: Canon City (1948)

Canon City (1948) on IMDb 6.9/10

Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below.

Take The Quiz!

Test your knowledge of Canon City.
Edit

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Scott Brady ...
Jim Sherbondy
...
Carl Schwartzmiller
...
Richard Heilman
Stanley Clements ...
Billy New
Charles Russell ...
Tolley
...
Smalley
Ralph Byrd ...
Officer Joe Gray
Roy Best ...
Himself (as Warden Roy Best)
...
Freeman
Alfred Linder ...
Lavergne
Robert Bice ...
Morgan
Ray Bennett ...
Willie Bennett
Robert Kellard ...
Officer Winston R. Williams
Richard Irving ...
George Hernandez
Bud Wolfe ...
Officer Clark
Edit

Storyline

This movie centers around a prison escape from the Colorado State Penitentiary. There are 12 escapees and it shows the efforts placed to capture these men. Written by Gerald W. Riley

Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis

Taglines:

Filmed with the naked fury of FACT!


Edit

Details

Country:

Language:

Release Date:

30 June 1948 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

Alarm i statsfengslet  »

Filming Locations:

 »

Company Credits

Production Co:

 »
Show detailed on  »

Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

(RCA Sound System)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
See  »
Edit

Did You Know?

Connections

References The Noose Hangs High (1948) See more »

Frequently Asked Questions

This FAQ is empty. Add the first question.

User Reviews

 
Alton summons blizzard to prettify prison break
11 July 2000 | by (Western New York) – See all my reviews

Legendary noir cinematographer John Alton (Raw Deal, T-Men, The Big Combo and the still-in-print textbook "Painting with Light") shot this fairly routine semi-documentary prison-break film based on a real incident in Canon (pronounced "canyon") City, Colorado. We even get to meet the warden and some of the inmates (one of whom had been in stir since 1897!). Happily, actors arrive to recreate the break, which occurs similtaneously with a Rocky Mountain blizzard. Alton's snow is so Christmassy and photogenic it distances us from the grim business afoot, which has prisoners posing as guards who invade various local homesteads; they hadn't reckoned on one tough old hammer-wielding grandmaw. This is a minor but watchable period piece, once you get over the patriarchal voice-over, so full of moral certitude you could retch. But then that was SOP in midcentury.


2 of 2 people found this review helpful.  Was this review helpful to you?

Message Boards

Recent Posts
The cons saw a screening of the film. vernc1
Discuss Canon City (1948) on the IMDb message boards »

Contribute to This Page

Create a character page for:
?