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    Poster of the movie Prison Break [1938]
    1938     Dramatic thriller    
    1h 12min

    Joaquin Shannon arrives home from a cruise on his fishing boat. His first mate, Charles Nelson, is to marry Shannon's sister the next day. Nelson gets drunk and Shannon finds him near the unconscious body of a man that he, Shannon, had been fighting with previously. The man dies and Shannon takes the blame and goes to prison. There he gets into trouble instigated by 'Big Red' Kincaid and is denied a parole. He stops a prison break and get a parole. Not able to get work, he takes a job with a former convict on a fishing boat. Kincaid, who has shot a guard and escaped and vowing vengeance on Shannon, shows up.

    Directed byArthur Lubin
    Written byNorton S. Parker, Dorothy Davenport
    CompanyUniversal PicturesUniversal PicturesUniversal Pictures
    CountryUSA

    Starring

    Ward Bond
    Barton MacLane
    Glenda Farrell
    Paul Hurst
    Constance Moore
    Edward Pawley
    Edmund MacDonald
    Guy Usher
    Victor Kilian
    Frank Darien
    George Cleveland
    Johnny Russell
    Thomas Louden
    Paul Everton

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