Canon City (1948)
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Synopsis of Canon City
This suspenseful crime drama reenacts the famed 1947 prison break out of the Canon City, Colorado corrections facility and features the actual warden, Roy Best playing himself. The trouble begins when one prisoner manages to fashion a crude pistol. Enlisting the aid of eleven others, they successfully escape and terrorize the town until the warden and his men manage to round up the survivors and bring them back. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of Canon City
- Ray Bennett - Klinger
- Robert Bice - Turley
- Raymond Bond - Mr. Oliver
- Henry Brandon - Freeman
- Stanley Clements - New
- John Doucette - Mr. Bauer
- Robert Kellard - W.R. Williams
- Alfred Linder - La Vergne
- Eve March - Mrs. George Bauer
- Charles Russell - Tolley
- Ruth Warren - Mug's Wife
- Anthony Sydes - Jerry
- Paul Scardon - Joe Bondy
- Lynne Millan - May
- Margaret Kerry - Maxine
- John Wald - Radio Commentator
- Brick Sullivan - Guard
- Howard Negley - Richard Smith
- Bud Wolfe - Officer Clark
- Alvin Hammer - Convict Tailor
- Ralph Dunn - Convict Blacksmith
- Huntz Hall - Guard Captain
- Bill Clauson - Joel
- Warden Roy Best - Himself
- Whit Bissell - Heilman
- Scott Brady - Jim Sherbondy
- Ralph Byrd - Officer Gray
- Jeff Corey - Schwartzmiller
- Richard Irving - Trujillo
- DeForest Kelley - Smalley
- James Magill - Hathaway
- Mabel Paige - Mrs. Oliver
- Jimmy Ames - Convict Mug
- Bill Walker - Prisoner
- John Shay - Officer
- Virginia Mullen - Mrs. Smith
- Paul Kruger - Officer
- John Ellis - Man at Roadblock
- Cay Forrester - Sherbondy's Sister
- Bob Reeves - Guard
- Henry Hall - Guard Captain
- Mack Williams - Mr. Higgins
- Victor Cutler - Convict Photographer
- Donald Kerr - Convict Waiter
- Reed Hadley - Narrator
- Director(s):
- Crane Wilbur
- Writer(s):
- Crane Wilbur
- Producer(s):
- Robert Kane, Bryan Foy
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