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Canon City

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At the Colorado State Penitentiary, inmates Carl Schwartzmiller (Jeff Corey) and Jim Sherbondy (Scott Brady) conceive a daring prison break. While a group of prisoners subdue a guard and take him hostage, Carl and Jim, along with 10 others, make their escape to nearby Canon City, Colo. As the fugitives terrorize residents of the city, taking local families hostage in their own homes, Warden Roy Best (Roy Best) devises a plan to get the prisoners back -- dead or alive.
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Michael E. Grost Classic Film and Television 12/26/2016
A mix of some good documentary about a true story, with lots of poor drama. Go to Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 09/10/2003
C
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06/16/2023 One of the lesser successful “Eagle Lion” films, Writer Director Crane Wilbur forte, prison films, entertaining, but not very memorable See more ashley h @ashleyhobgood87 06/23/2016 Canon City is a decent film. It is about a prison escape from the Colorado State Penitentiary. Scott Brady and Jeff Corey give good performances. The script is a little slow in places. Crane Wilbur did an alright job directing this movie. I liked this motion picture because of the action and drama. See more 04/16/2016 Engrossing little crime film about a group of convicts who escape from prison, detailing their escape and all of their eventual captures or demises. Done in a Dragnet-like documentary style, which is the film's main weakness, it does have a grittiness and toughness not seen in all crime films of this era. Supposedly the filmmakers use real prisoners and prison employees in the film. Jeff Corey was the only actor I recognized, but you can't miss the stark black and white photography by John Alton. Not a brilliant film, but a tough violent little picture that's certainly worth checking out for fans of old timey crime pictures. See more 04/14/2016 good drama but hard to classify not a western not a prison picture but has elements of both. See more dwayne r 11/15/2015 Of special interest to those in southern Colorado See more Read all reviews
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Crane Wilbur

Director

Scott Brady

Jim Sherbondy

Jeff Corey

Carl Schwartzmiller

Whit Bissell

Richard Heilman

Stanley Clements

Billy New

Charles Russell

Tolley
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Synopsis At the Colorado State Penitentiary, inmates Carl Schwartzmiller (Jeff Corey) and Jim Sherbondy (Scott Brady) conceive a daring prison break. While a group of prisoners subdue a guard and take him hostage, Carl and Jim, along with 10 others, make their escape to nearby Canon City, Colo. As the fugitives terrorize residents of the city, taking local families hostage in their own homes, Warden Roy Best (Roy Best) devises a plan to get the prisoners back -- dead or alive.
Director
Crane Wilbur
Producer
Bryan Foy, Robert T. Kane
Production Co
Bryan Foy Productions
Genre
Crime, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 17, 2017
Runtime
1h 22m
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