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 ...
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Review: "Seven Miles From Alcatraz" (1942) Starring James Craig; Warner Archive Release
21 November 2016 | CinemaRetro
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| James Craig | ... | Champ Larkin | |
| Bonita Granville | ... | Anne Porter | |
| Frank Jenks | ... | Jimbo | |
| Cliff Edwards | ... | Stormy | |
| George Cleveland | ... | Captain Porter | |
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Erford Gage | ... | Paul Brenner |
| Tala Birell | ... | Baroness | |
| John Banner | ... | Fritz Weinermann | |
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Otto Reichow | ... | Max |
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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? Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
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A helpless girl trapped between desperate cons and enemy rats in a lonely lighthouse! See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
8 January 1943 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
A Sete Milhas do Inferno See more »Filming Locations:
RKO Studios - 780 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USACompany Credits
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Mono (RCA Sound System)Color:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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The name on the crate the escapees were clinging to in San Francisco Bay is "H. Schlom". Herman Schlom is the film's producer. See more »Goofs
In the film, Champ and Jimbo are depicted as being cellmates. At Alcatraz, the policy throughout the prison's entire twenty-nine year history was that each cell housed only one man. Nobody ever had a cellmate. After the 1946 Battle of Alcatraz rendered large portions of "C" Block uninhabitable, the affected convicts were either temporarily transferred to the unused and antiquated "A" Block or transferred to another prison entirely. This was solely due to maintain the one cell/one man rule. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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Two convicts manage to escape from Alcatraz (they won't tell us how: "trade secrets") and make it to a lighthouse island just off the coast, where they hold 3 men and a woman (Granville) hostage. Luckily for them, the soldier they kill turns out to be a Nazi spy, as they discover when his compatriots arrive in a boat -- just what the 2 convicts need to escape, if they're willing to deal with the Nazis and let them escape with maps of the San Francisco municipal/military works.
Exciting action, some moments of genuine humor, and likeable, human characters make this propaganda pill an easy one to swallow.