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Canon City
Filmed with the NAKED FURY of fact!
Prisoners battle each other -- and the police -- when they escape the Colorado State Penitentiary.
- Original title
- Canon City
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
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- Revenue
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John Chard
May 25, 2015 · via TMDB
Filmed With The Naked Fury Of Fact! Filmed With The Naked Fury Of Fact! So screams the poster for this semi-documentary styled pic. Barely a year previously a dozen prisoners escaped from the Colorado State Penitentiary, Canon City, this is the story of that break and subsequent hunt for the escapees. Written and directed by Crane Wilbur, it stars Scott Brady, Jeff Corey and Whit Bissell. Cinematography is by John Alton and Reed Hadley provides the stentorian narration. Plot is exactly what it says on the cover, men escape prison and as a blizzard rages outside they encounter various members of the public whilst trying to escape capture. The various convict character splinters, as we follow the principal escapees, makes for suspenseful scenes as they impose themselves on the homes of good honest folk. The moral dilemma heartbeat comes via Brady's Jim Sherbondy, a man who was reluctant to escape but ultimately got caught up in the whirlpool. The characterisations are standard for this type of picture, but well performed all the same, with Corey particularly striking as a weasel type. The various women in the story are well written, proving to be of strong will and minds, while Alton and Wilbur enhance the fatalistic mood with low lights and close ups. A decent pic from the pantheon of prison noir, but not a patch on the likes of Brute Force and Riot In Cell Block 11. 6/10
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Scott Brady
Sherbondy
Jeff Corey
Schwartzmiller
Whit Bissell
Heilman
Stanley Clements
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Crane Wilbur
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