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      Canon City

      1948 1h 22m Crime Drama List
      Reviews 45% Audience Score Fewer than 50 Ratings 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. Read More Read Less

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      Michael E. Grost Classic Film and Television A mix of some good documentary about a true story, with lots of poor drama. Dec 26, 2016 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews An unspectacular true story. Rated: C Sep 10, 2003 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member One of the lesser successful “Eagle Lion” films, Writer Director Crane Wilbur forte, prison films, entertaining, but not very memorable Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 06/16/23 Full Review ashley h 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. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member 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. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member good drama but hard to classify not a western not a prison picture but has elements of both. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review dwayne r Of special interest to those in southern Colorado Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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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
      Genre
      Crime, Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Jan 17, 2017
      Runtime
      1h 22m