Canon City (1948)

Canon City (1948)

„Canon City“ is a 1948 film noir crime film written and directed by Crane Wilbur.

Twelve inmates plan a prison break from the Colorado State Penitentiary but one of them reluctantly joins the group.
This hard-boiled jailbreak drama follows depraved inmate Jim Sherbondy as he masterminds an escape from a Colorado penitentiary with 11 others in tow and the formidable warden on his heels.

Cast:

• Scott Brady – Jim Sherbondy
• Jeff Corey – Carl Schwartzmiller
• Whit Bissell – Heilman
• Stanley Clements – New
• Charles Russell – Tolley
• DeForest Kelley – Smalley
• Ralph Byrd – Officer Gray
• Mabel Paige – Mrs. Oliver
• Roy Best – Self
• Henry Brandon – Freeman
• Alfred Linder – Lavergne
• Robert Bice – Morgan
• Ray Bennett – Willie Bennett
• Robert Kellard – Officer Winston R. Williams
• Richard Irving – George Hernandez
• Bud Wolfe – Officer Clark
• Reed Hadley – Narrator (voice)
• Bob Reeves – Guard
• Donald Kerr – Convict Waiter
• Victor Cutler – Convict Photographer
• Lynn Millan – May
• Jimmy Ames – Convict Mug
• Ruth Warren – Mug’s Wife
• Brick Sullivan – Guard
• Henry Hall – Guard Captain
• Cay Forester – Mrs. Wilson, Sherbondy’s Sister
• Bill Walker – Prisoner
• Officer McLean – McLean
• Paul Scardon – Joe Bondy
• Ralph Dunn – Convict Blacksmith
• Captain Kenny – Captain Kenny
• Alvin Hammer – Convict Tailor
• John Shay – Officer
• Paul Kruger – Officer
• Raymond Bond – Lawrence Oliver
• Mack Williams – Lonnie „Lon“ Higgins
• Captain Gentry – Captain Gentry
• Howard Negley – Richard Smith
• Virginia Mullen – Mrs. Smith
• Bill Clauson – Joel
• Shirley Martin – Judith
• Elysabeth Goetten – Barbara
• Margaret Kerry – Maxine Smith
• Eve March – Mrs. Bauer
• John Doucette – George Bauer
• Phyllis Douglas – Myrna
• Anthony Sydes – Jerry Bauer
• Jack Ellis – Man at Roadblock
• John Wald – Radio Commentator
• Arnold Laven – Reporter
• James Magill – Hathaway
• Esther Somers – Mrs. Minnie Higgins

„Rebellion im grauen Haus“ (Canon City) ist ein Film Noir-Kriminalfilm von 1948, geschrieben und inszeniert von Crane Wilbur.

Zwölf Häftlinge planen einen Ausbruch aus dem Colorado State Penitentiary, doch einer von ihnen schließt sich der Gruppe nur widerwillig an.
Dieses hartgesottene Ausbruchsdrama folgt dem verkommenen Häftling Jim Sherbondy, der einen Ausbruch aus einem Gefängnis in Colorado plant, mit 11 anderen im Schlepptau und dem furchterregenden Gefängnisdirektor auf den Fersen.