Thriller ·Action · United States of America · 1942 · 1h 2m

Seven Miles from Alcatraz

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Director
Edward Dmytryk
Cast
James Craig as Champ Larkin Bonita Granville as Anne Porter Frank Jenks as Jimbo George Cleveland as "Cap" Porter Cliff Edwards as Stormy Erford Gage as Paul Brenner
Crew
Robert De Grasse — Director of Photography George Crone — Editor Roy Webb — Original Music Composer Joseph Krumgold — Screenplay John D. Klorer — Story Herman Schlom — Producer
Tagline

A helpless girl trapped between desperate cons and enemy rats in a lonely lighthouse!

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?

Mood & Themes
lighthousealcatraz prisonescaped convictcode breakingwar propagandanazi spynazi saboteursnazi fascism in america
Key Collaborators
Edward Dmytryk Director Robert De Grasse Director of Photography George Crone Editor Roy Webb Original Music Composer Joseph Krumgold Screenplay John D. Klorer Story Herman Schlom Producer
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