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Jailbreak (1936)

Jailbreak poster
Directed by
Nick Grinde
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man is falsely accused of a crime and sent to prison. He must clear his name and find the real culprit while dealing with dangerous inmates and corrupt guards.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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