Escape from San Quentin

1957
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1h 21m

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Merry Anders, Johnny Desmond, and Richard Devon in Escape from San Quentin (1957)

An escaped convict decides to quit running and turn himself and his fellow escapee in to the authorities - but not without complications.An escaped convict decides to quit running and turn himself and his fellow escapee in to the authorities - but not without complications.An escaped convict decides to quit running and turn himself and his fellow escapee in to the authorities - but not without complications.

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6.1/10

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Johnny Desmond

Mike Gilbert

Merry Anders

Robbie

Richard Devon

Roy Gruber

Roy Engel

Hap Graham

William Bryant

Richie
(as Bill Bryant)

Ken Christy

Curly Gruber

Larry J. Blake

Mack

Arthur Berkeley

Racetrack Patron
(uncredited)

Barry Brooks

Georgie
(uncredited)

Paul Bryar

Mr. Lang
(uncredited)

Tristram Coffin

Police Lieutenant
(uncredited)

Don Devlin

Piggy
(uncredited)

John Frederick

Sampson
(uncredited)

Dean Fredericks

Jerry
(uncredited)

Terry Frost

Police Officer
(uncredited)

Leonard P. Geer

Air Traffic Controller
(uncredited)

Peggy Maley

Georgie Gilbert
(uncredited)

Paul McGuire

Detective
(uncredited)

Director
- Fred F. Sears
Writer
- Bernard Gordon
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When Mike is in the airplane and is communicating with the tower, when he's done speaking, he says, "over and out". "Over" means you are done speaking and other parties are free to speak. "Out" means that communication is complete and no reply is expected.

Quotes
Mr. Lang: You're bright enough to know that this place is made up of two kinds: there's the case-hardened characters who make a way of life out of crime, and there's guys like yourself who made one bad mistake and got caught.

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Referenced in Notes from the Blacklist (2011)

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5/10

Good Try; No Cigar - Escape from San Quentin

This is precisely the kind of film that makes one absolutely hate the movie code that was in effect during this time period. All crimes were solved immediately by the police; all criminals were caught immediately by the police. What could be further from reality? Even a child knows that doesn't happen in real life.

This film is very good for twenty minutes, but then goes downhill faster than a car without brakes on an icy road. The music sound track for the film is HORRENDOUS. The acting is mixed, at best, and the script is pretty hard to believe.

Despite that, the film holds your interest just to see how it will play out. And one has to believe in good fairies if you think the outcome would be like the one in the film. The real criminals here, though, are the censors and the people hiding behind the film code.