Train to Alcatraz explained

Train to Alcatraz
Director:	Philip Ford^[1]
Producer:	Lou Brock
Screenplay:	Gerald Geraghty
Starring:	Don Barry, Janet Martin, William Phipps, Roy Barcroft, June Storey
Music:	Nathan Scott
Cinematography:	Reggie Lanning
Editing:	Harold Minter
Studio:	Republic Pictures
Distributor:	Republic Pictures
Runtime:	62 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	English

Train to Alcatraz is a 1948 American prison film directed by Philip Ford and starring Don Barry, Janet Martin, William Phipps, Roy Barcroft, and June Storey.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Plot

Criminals on a train bound for an infamous supermax prison plan to escape, and to do so they receive outside help.^[5]

Cast

• Don Barry as Doug Forbes
• Janet Martin as Beatrice
• William Phipps as Tommy Callahan
• Roy Barcroft as Guard Grady
• June Storey as Virginia Marley
• Jane Darwell as Aunt Ella
• Milburn Stone as Bart Kanin
• Chester Clute as Train Conductor Yelvington
• Ralph Dunn as U.S. Marshal Mark Stevens
• Richard Irving as Andy Anders
• John Alvin as Nick
• Denver Pyle as Hutch Hutchins
• Iron Eyes Cody as Geronimo^[6]
• Kenneth MacDonald as Guard Reeves
• Harry Harvey as George
• Don Haggerty as Billings
• John Doucette as McHenry

See also

• List of prison films

Notes and References

1. Web site: Train to Alcatraz (1948) . https://web.archive.org/web/20220519083514/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b8d1652 . dead . May 19, 2022 . . 19 May 2022 . en.
2. Web site: Train to Alcatraz (1948) . . 18 May 2022 . en.
3. Book: Rhodes . Gary D. . Kaffenberger . Bill . No Traveler Returns: The Lost Years of Bela Lugosi . BearManor Media . 18 May 2022 . en.
4. Book: MacDonald . Donald . Nadel . Ira . Alcatraz: History and Design of a Landmark . 15 February 2012 . . 978-1-4521-0153-8 . 135 . 18 May 2022 . en.
5. Web site: Train to Alcatraz (1948) . . 18 May 2022 . en.
6. Book: Donnelley . Paul . Fade to Black: A Book of Movie Obituaries . 2000 . Omnibus . 978-0-7119-7984-0 . 138 . 19 May 2022 . en.