Canon City (1948)
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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, Rovi
- Starring:
- Ray Bennett, Warden Roy Best, (more)
- Director(s):
- Crane Wilbur
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, Rovi
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
- Bill Clauson - Joel
- Paul Kruger - Officer
- Cay Forrester - Sherbondy's Sister
- Bob Reeves - Guard
- Henry Hall - Guard Captain
- Mack Williams - Mr. Higgins
- Bill Walker - Prisoner
- John Shay - Officer
- Virginia Mullen - Mrs. Smith
- Margaret Kerry - Maxine
- Alvin Hammer - Convict Tailor
- Victor Cutler - Convict Photographer
- Jimmy Ames - Convict Mug
- 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
- Reed Hadley - Narrator
- Donald Kerr - Convict Waiter
- John Wald - Radio Commentator
- Brick Sullivan - Guard
- Howard Negley - Richard Smith
- Bud Wolfe - Officer Clark
- Ruth Warren - Mug's Wife
- Anthony Sydes - Jerry
- Paul Scardon - Joe Bondy
- Lynne Millan - May
- Huntz Hall - Guard Captain
- Ralph Dunn - Convict Blacksmith
- John Ellis - Man at Roadblock
- Director(s):
- Crane Wilbur
- Writer(s):
- Crane Wilbur
- Producer(s):
- Bryan Foy, Robert Kane
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