Seven Miles from Alcatraz (1942)

11/18/1942 (US) • 1h 2m

Thriller, Action

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?

Top Billed Cast


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

lighthouse

alcatraz prison

escaped convict

code breaking

war propaganda

nazi spy

nazi saboteurs

nazi fascism in america

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