The earliest documented telecast of this film occurred 3/29/42 on New York City's pioneer television station WNBT (Channel 1). Post-WWII television viewers got their first look at it in New York City 5/2/48 on WCBS (Channel 2), In Washington DC on 6/6/48 on WNBW (Channel 4), in Chicago 1/20/49 on WNBQ (Channel 5), in Los Angeles 5/1/49 on KTLA (Channel 5), and in Boston 51//50 on WNAC (Channel 7).
The story, by Martin Mooney, was based on the famous Colorado State Penitentiary (Canon City) riot in 1929 in which 12 were killed and 11 injured in an attempted breakout. Father Patrick O'Neil, the prison chaplain, who was instrumental in quelling the outburst, was awarded the Carnegie Medal for extraordinary heroism.
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