Canon City (1948)
Prisoners battle each other -- and the police -- when they escape the Colorado State Penitentiary.
Top billed cast
Scott BradySherbondy
Jeff CoreySchwartzmiller
Whit BissellHeilman
Stanley ClementsNew
Charles RussellTolley
DeForest KelleySmalley
Ralph ByrdOfficer Gray
Mabel PaigeMrs. Oliver
Roy BestHimself (as Warden Roy Best)
Henry BrandonFreeman
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