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Experiment Alcatraz (1950)
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21 November 1950 (USA) morePlot:
A doctor tests his theory that blood diseases can be cured by atomic radiation by using prison inmates as experiments. | add synopsisUser Comments:
Odd mystery film set in San Francisco moreCast
(Credited cast) | John Howard | ... | Dr. Ross Williams |
 | Joan Dixon | ... | Lt. Joan McKenna |
| Walter Kingsford | ... | Dr. J.P. Finley |
| Lynne Carter | ... | Ethel Ganz |
| Robert Shayne | ... | Barry Morgan |
| Kim Spalding | ... | Duke Shaw |
| Sam Scar | ... | Eddie Ganz |
| Kenneth MacDonald | ... | Col. Harris |
| Dick Cogan | ... | Dan Staley |
| Frank Cady | ... | Max Henry |
| Byron Foulger | ... | Jim Carlton, Realtor |
| Ralph Peters | ... | Bartender |
| Lewis Martin | ... | Asst. District Attorney Walton (as Louis Martin) |
| Harry Lauter | ... | Richard 'Dick' McKenna |
| Raymond Largay | ... | Warden Keaton |
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An intriguing crime story with radiation as the plot's pivotal element. A group of Alcatraz convicts volunteer to be guinea pigs in an experiment seeking to find a cure for a blood disease (apparently related to leukemia). The convicts led by Robert Shayne (the old Superman TV show's Inspector Henderson) are only interested in gaining their freedom. The unexpected effect the radiation has on one prisoner subject leads a doctor and a nurse into a dangerous investigation which is their only hope to salvage their now damaged careers. The current negative attitude towards radiation adds an ironic counterpoint to the protagonists' noble desire to cure said blood disease, which incidentally has infected the nurse's brother. Good atmosphere and a taut narrative make this B picture worth watching.