Seven Miles from Alcatraz

Nov 18, 1942

1h 2m

★ 4.5

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

Overview

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?

Genres

Thriller

Action

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

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Cast

Champ Larkin

James Craig

Anne Porter

Bonita Granville

Jimbo

Frank Jenks

"Cap" Porter

George Cleveland

Stormy

Cliff Edwards

Paul Brenner

Erford Gage

Baroness

Tala Birell

Fritz

John Banner

Max

Otto Reichow

HQ Radioman Nick

Bruce Edwards

HQ De-coder

Richard Martin

Nazi Hostess

Ann Summers

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