Jailbreak is a 1936 American (Precursor) film noir, crime, mystery, drama film directed by Nick Grinde and written by Robert Hardy Andrews and Joseph Hoffman. The film stars Barton MacLane, June Travis, Craig Reynolds, Dick Purcell, Joe King, and George E. Stone. The film was released by Warner Bros. Pictures on August 5, 1936.
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Plot
A ex-racketeer has a fight with a cop and goes to prison, and things happen when he tries to get paroled, and a newspaper reporter tries to figure it out.
Cast
Barton MacLane as Detective Captain Rourke
June Travis as Jane Rogers
Craig Reynolds as Ken Williams
Dick Purcell as Ed Slayden
Joe King as Mike Eagan
George E. Stone as Weeper
Joseph Crehan as Warden
Addison Richards as Dan Varner
Eddie Acuff as Sig Patton
Charles Middleton as Dan Stone
Mary Treen as Gladys Joy
Henry Hall as Pop Anderson
Robert Emmett Keane as City Editor