Train to Alcatraz
{{Infobox film
| name = Train to Alcatraz
| image = Train to Alcatraz poster.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Philip Ford{{cite web |title=Train to Alcatraz (1948) |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b8d1652 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220519083514/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b8d1652 |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 19, 2022 |publisher=British Film Institute |access-date=19 May 2022 |language=en}}
| producer = Lou Brock
| screenplay = Gerald Geraghty
| starring = Don Barry, Janet Martin, William Phipps, Roy Barcroft, June Storey
| music = Nathan Scott
| cinematography = Reggie Lanning
| editing = Harold Minter
| studio = Republic Pictures
| distributor = Republic Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1948|6|28}}
| runtime = 62 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Train to Alcatraz is a 1948 American prison film directed by Philip Ford and starring Don Barry, Janet Martin, William Phipps, Roy Barcroft, and June Storey.{{cite web |title=Train to Alcatraz (1948) |url=https://letterboxd.com/film/train-to-alcatraz/ |website=Letterboxd |access-date=18 May 2022 |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Rhodes |first1=Gary D. |last2=Kaffenberger |first2=Bill |title=No Traveler Returns: The Lost Years of Bela Lugosi |publisher=BearManor Media |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QkCDDwAAQBAJ&dq=Train+to+Alcatraz+(1948+film)&pg=PT342 |access-date=18 May 2022 |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=MacDonald |first1=Donald |last2=Nadel |first2=Ira |title=Alcatraz: History and Design of a Landmark |date=15 February 2012 |publisher=Chronicle Books |isbn=978-1-4521-0153-8 |page=135 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wfQWSJLKXdoC&dq=Train+to+Alcatraz+(1948+film)&pg=PA106 |access-date=18 May 2022 |language=en}}
Plot
Criminals on a train bound for an infamous supermax prison plan to escape, and to do so they receive outside help.{{cite web |title=Train to Alcatraz (1948) |url=https://www.filmaffinity.com/us/film326321.html |website=FilmAffinity |access-date=18 May 2022 |language=en}}
Cast
- Don Barry as Doug Forbes
- Janet Martin as Beatrice
- William Phipps as Tommy Callahan
- Roy Barcroft as Guard Grady
- June Storey as Virginia Marley
- Jane Darwell as Aunt Ella
- Milburn Stone as Bart Kanin
- Chester Clute as Train Conductor Yelvington
- Ralph Dunn as U.S. Marshal Mark Stevens
- Richard Irving as Andy Anders
- John Alvin as Nick
- Denver Pyle as Hutch Hutchins
- Iron Eyes Cody as Geronimo{{cite book |last1=Donnelley |first1=Paul |title=Fade to Black: A Book of Movie Obituaries |date=2000 |publisher=Omnibus |isbn=978-0-7119-7984-0 |page=138 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EmYcAQAAIAAJ&q=train+to+alcatraz+(1948+film)+Iron+Eyes+Cody |access-date=19 May 2022 |language=en}}
- Kenneth MacDonald as Guard Reeves
- Harry Harvey as George
- Don Haggerty as Billings
- John Doucette as McHenry
See also
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0040895|Train to Alcatraz}}
- {{TCM|93805|Train to Alcatraz}}
Category:American prison films
Category:Films directed by Philip Ford
Category:Republic Pictures films