Movie: Seven Miles from Alcatraz

Top 9 Billed Cast

James Craig
James Craig

Champ Larkin

Bonita Granville
Bonita Granville

Anne Porter

Frank Jenks
Frank Jenks

Jimbo

Cliff Edwards
Cliff Edwards

Stormy

George Cleveland
George Cleveland

Captain Porter

Erford Gage
Erford Gage

Paul Brenner

Tala Birell
Tala Birell

Baroness

John Banner
John Banner

Fritz Weinermann

Otto Reichow
Otto Reichow

Max

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    After Pearl Harbor, convicts at Alcatraz prison live in fear of bomb attacks, driving Champ Larkin and his pal Jimbo to a desperate escape attempt which lands them on a tiny lighthouse island, where they take over. The five inhabitants are stymied in their efforts to summon aid. But the island also figures in the schemes of a big Nazi spy ring; which will win out, the gangsters' greed or their patriotism?

  • Release Date

    1942-11-18

  • Average

    4.5

  • Rating:

    2.3 starts
  • Tagline

    A helpless girl trapped between desperate cons and enemy rats in a lonely lighthouse!

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