''Fugitive from a Prison Camp'' is a 1940 American
thriller film
Thriller film, also known as suspense film or suspense thriller, is a broad film genre that evokes excitement and suspense in the audience. The suspense element found in most films' plots is particularly exploited by the filmmaker in this genre ...
directed by
Lewis D. Collins and starring
Jack Holt,
Marian Marsh
Marian Marsh (born Violet Ethelred Krauth; October 17, 1913 – November 9, 2006) was a Trinidad-born American film actress and later an environmentalist.
Early life
Violet Ethelred Krauth was born on October 17, 1913, in Trinidad, British ...
and
Robert Barrat
Robert Harriot Barrat (July 10, 1891 – January 7, 1970) was an American stage, motion picture, and television character actor.
Early years
Barratt was born on July 10, 1891, in New York City and was educated in the public schools there. He ...
.
Synopsis
After an innocent man is picked up following a police raid, a sheriff tries to demonstrate his belief that first offenders should be given a chance.
Cast
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Jack Holt as Sheriff Lawson
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Marian Marsh
Marian Marsh (born Violet Ethelred Krauth; October 17, 1913 – November 9, 2006) was a Trinidad-born American film actress and later an environmentalist.
Early life
Violet Ethelred Krauth was born on October 17, 1913, in Trinidad, British ...
as Ann Baldwin
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Robert Barrat
Robert Harriot Barrat (July 10, 1891 – January 7, 1970) was an American stage, motion picture, and television character actor.
Early years
Barratt was born on July 10, 1891, in New York City and was educated in the public schools there. He ...
as Chester Russell
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Phillip Terry
Phillip Terry (born Frederick Henry Kormann, March 7, 1909 – February 23, 1993) was an American actor.
Early years
Terry was born in San Francisco, California, the only child of German Americans, Frederick Andrew Kormann and Ida Ruth Voll. Hi ...
as Bill Harding
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Dennis Moore as Slugger Martin
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Jack La Rue
Jack La Rue (born Gaspare Biondolillo; May 3, 1902 – January 11, 1984) was an American film and stage actor.
Early years
The son of Sicilian immigrants Pasquale and Concetta Biondolillo, La Rue was born in New York City. His father sailed to ...
as Red Nelson
*George Offerman Jr. as Ted Baldwin
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Frankie Burke
Frankie Burke (June 6, 1915 – April 7, 1983) was a Hollywood actor, best known for his appearance as a member of The East Side Kids.
Early life
Burke was born Frankie Vaselle and grew up in Brooklyn, New York. His name was changed whe ...
as Sobby Taylor
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Donald Haines
Donald Haines (May 9, 1919 – February 20, 1943) was an American child actor who had recurring appearances in the ''Our Gang'' short subjects series from 1930 to 1933. He appeared in ''Our Gang'' during the early sound days along with No ...
as Burly Bascomb
*Alan Baldwin as Jerome Davis
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Frank LaRue
Frank La Rue (born 1952) is a Guatemalan labor and human rights law expert and served as UN Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression, from August 2008 to August 2014. Along with Americ ...
as Robert O'Brien
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Ernest Morrison
Ernest Fredric Morrison (December 20, 1912 – July 24, 1989) was an American child actor, comedian, vaudevillian and dancer who also performed under the stage name Sunshine Sammy Morrison and was the only black member of the ''East Side Ki ...
as Chuckles
References
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1940s thriller films
American thriller films
Films directed by Lewis D. Collins
Columbia Pictures films
1940s American films
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