San Quentin (1937)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.4/10   

Director:

Lloyd Bacon

Escritores:

Peter Milne (screenplay) and
Humphrey Cobb (screenplay) ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

7 agosto 1937 (USA)

Género:

Drama

Frase comercial:

Out Of The "Pen" . . . Into The Jaws Of Death ! . . .

Plot:

An army trainer becomes captain of the prison yard and in time, falls for the sister of a hardened inmate.

Plot Keywords:

Prison | Prison Reform | Jail | Nightclub Entertainer | Convict

Comentarios de los usuarios:

A Flat Film That Mostly Disappoints

Reparto

Pat O'Brien	...	Capt. Stephen Jameson
Humphrey Bogart	...	Joe 'Red' Kennedy
Ann Sheridan	...	May
Barton MacLane	...	Lt. Druggin
Joe Sawyer	...	'Sailor Boy' Hansen (as Joseph Sawyer)
Veda Ann Borg	...	Helen
James Robbins	...	Mickey Callahan
Joe King	...	Warden Taylor (as Joseph King)
Gordon Oliver	...	Captain
Garry Owen	...	Dopey
Marc Lawrence	...	Venetti
Emmett Vogan	...	Lieutenant
William Pawley	...	Convict
Al Hill	...	Convict
Max Wagner	...	Prison Runner

Duración:

70 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

Finland:(Banned) (1937-1949) | Finland:K-16 | USA:Approved (PCA #2752)

Locaciones de Filmación:

San Quentin State Prison, San Quentin, California, USA

Compañía:

First National Pictures

Trivialidades:

Humphrey Bogart plays Ann Sheridan's kid brother in this film, even though in real life he was actually older than her by eleven years.

Errores:

Personal o Equipo Visible: During a tracking shot in the machine shop, the shadow of the camera can be seen against the side of one of the machines as it moves

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en Bacall on Bogart (1988) (TV)

Banda de Sonido:

Swing for Sale

A Flat Film That Mostly Disappoints

This is one of those odd situations where the actors were some big names and decent in their performances, and the story wasn't bad....yet there wasn't much appeal to it, either. Only the action scene in the last 10-15 minutes provided any spark to this film which was too flat, for the most part.

The story was about a new guy in charge of the San Quentin prison yard who was going to be humane and make things work. Pat O'Brien plays that guy, "Capt. Steve Jameson." The previous man in charge is a nasty, corrupt bird named "Lt. Druggin," who Barton MacLane plays effectively well.

In the meantime we have the featured crook, "Red Kennedy," played by Humphrey Bogart, who almost always played villains in his 1930 films, and we have his sister "May" played by Ann Sheridan. O'Brien has the hots for her and promises to be fair to her brother. "Red," however, is too paranoid and stupid to appreciate what's done for him and that's when we get to the interesting finale to the film.

Overall, not bad but not worth watching a second time. At 70 minutes, at least it didn't overstay its welcome.