Jailbreak (1936)
- Starring:
- June Travis, Craig Reynolds, (more)
- Director(s):
- Nick Grinde
Synopsis of Jailbreak
Jailbreak is a formula Warners "B" with all the attendant stereotypes. Dick Purcell plays a convict accused of murdering a fellow prisoner. Craig Reynolds, a temporarily incarcerated reporter, sets about to prove Purcell's innocence. June Travis is the "girl on the outside," awaiting the release of Reynolds and acting as his conduit to the "free" world. To no one's surprise, prison-flick veteran Barton MacLaine is also in the picture--but to everyone's surprise, he's one of the good guys. Jailbreak was remade in 1942 as Murder in the Big House, which represented one of the earliest screen appearances of Van Johnson. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Jailbreak
- June Travis - Jane Rogers
- Barton MacLane - Detective Capt. Rourke
- Addison Richards - Dan Varner
- Eddie Acuff - Sig Patton
- Joseph Crehan - Warden
- Henry Hall - Pop Anderson
- Robert Emmett Keane - City Editor
- Craig Reynolds - Ken Williams
- Dick Purcell - Ed Slayden
- George E. Stone - Weeper
- Joseph King - Big Mike Egan
- Mary Treen - Gladys Joy
- Charles B. Middleton - Dan Stone
- Director(s):
- Nick Grinde
- Writer(s):
- Joseph Hoffman, Robert D. Andrews
- Producer(s):
- Bryan Foy
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