Summary
Vicious gangster Vincent Canelli pulls off a daring prison escape just moments before going to the electric chair, taking with him Peter Manning – a bank robber and cop killer who was to die right after him. Taking several hostages along, they try to get their hands on the loot from Manning’s robbery to finance their escape from the country.
Good for
- Friends night
- Teens
- Pure escapism
Skip it if
- You want something to laugh at
- Graphic violence bothers you
- You want something quiet and calm
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 73GoodWatch 69
Audience score78%
IMDb6.8
Running time
1 h 20 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 crime movies, −26 min on the typical 106
typical 10680Half of all crime movies run 95–120 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country, rent or buy in 25 more
Released
1954
December 31, 1954
72 years ago
Genres
CrimeThrillerLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Rated
- NRUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceStrong
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesStrong
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightPartner WatchSolo WatchTeensPure EscapismNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 35 more41 people
- Edward G. RobinsonVincent Canelli
- Jean ParkerHatti Combest
- Peter GravesPeter Manning
- Milburn StoneFather Slocum
- Warren StevensJoey Stewart
- SFSylvia FindleyEllen Norris
- Jack KellyFrank Carson
- Hal BaylorLou Mehrtens
- James BellJohn Norris
Vic PerrinDr. Hart
Russell JohnsonHoward Sloane
Lee AakerLittle Boy (uncredited)
James BaconReporter at Electrocution (uncredited)
Harry BartellBoland (uncredited)
Arthur BatanidesReporter at Electrocution (uncredited)
Ray BennettAlexander Watkins (uncredited)
Don BlackmanSelwyn (uncredited)
David BondThompson (uncredited)
Alexander CampbellPrison Warden (uncredited)
Ken ChristyDeath Row Guard (uncredited)- JCJohn CloseCop (uncredited)
Edmund CobbBank Safe Deposit Box Guard (uncredited)
Richard H. CuttingNewspaperman (uncredited)
Franklyn FarnumReporter at Electrocution (uncredited)
Directing · 2
- Hugo Fregonese Director
- Sam Wurtzel Assistant Director
Writing · 1
- Sydney Boehm Screenplay, Story
Production · 1
- Robert Goldstein Producer
Camera · 1
- Stanley Cortez Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Robert Golden Editor
Sound · 2
- Paul Dunlap Original Music Composer
- Tom Lambert Sound
Art · 2
- Hilyard M. Brown Art Direction
- Alfred E. Spencer Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Gustaf Norin Makeup Artist
Other crew · 1
- Jerry Bryan Dialogue Coach
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