Seven Miles from Alcatraz

Seven Miles from Alcatraz

5.4IMDb Score
Released:1942-11-18
Duration:62 min
Director:Edward Dmytryk
Actors:James Craig, Bonita Granville, Frank Jenks, George Cleveland, Cliff Edwards
Production:RKO Radio Pictures

Overview:

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?

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