San Quentin

An ex-con sets up a program to straighten out hard-core prisoners. Things don't go as planned.

Cast

Lawrence Tierney

as Jim Roland

Barton MacLane

as Nick Taylor

Marian Carr

as Betty Richards

Harry Shannon

as Warden Kelly

Carol Forman

as Ruthie

Joe Devlin

as 'Broadway' Johnson

Tom Keene

as Hal Schaeffer

Tony Barrett

as Steve Marlowe

Lee Bonnell

as Joe Carzoni

Robert Clarke

as Tommy North

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