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Seven Miles from Alcatraz

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Original title

Seven Miles from Alcatraz

Year

1942

Running time

62 min.

Country

United States

Director

Edward Dmytryk

Screenwriter

John D. Klorer, Joseph Krumgold

Cast

Music

C. Bakaleinikoff, Gene Rose, Paul Sawtell, Nathaniel Shilkret, Max Steiner, Roy Webb

Cinematography

Robert De Grasse (B&W)

Producer

RKO Radio Pictures

Genre

Drama. Film noir | II World War. Nazism. Spy Film

Movie Groups

Alcatraz

Synopsis

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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Seven Miles from Alcatraz

1942

Edward Dmytryk

5.3

(110)