Canon City

Canon City (1948)

Genres - Drama, Crime, Thriller  |   Sub-Genres - Escape Film  |   Release Date - Jun 30, 1948 (USA - Unknown), Jun 30, 1948 (USA)  |   Run Time - 82 min.  |   Countries - United States  |   MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Sandra Brennan

This suspenseful crime drama reenacts the famed 1947 prison break out of the Canon City, Colorado corrections facility and features the actual warden, Roy Best playing himself. The trouble begins when one prisoner manages to fashion a crude pistol. Enlisting the aid of eleven others, they successfully escape and terrorize the town until the warden and his men manage to round up the survivors and bring them back.

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atrocity, captive, captor, criminal, escape, inmate, mastermind, plans, prison, prison-escape, recapture, security-guard, warden, weapons