Seven Miles from Alcatraz
“A helpless girl trapped between desperate cons and enemy rats in a lonely lighthouse!”
1942•1h 2m•5.4•Released
ThrillerAction
After Pearl Harbor, convicts at Alcatraz prison live in fear of bomb attacks, driving Champ Larkin and his pal Jimbo to a desperate escape attempt which lands them on a tiny lighthouse island, where they take over. The five inhabitants are stymied in their efforts to summon aid. But the island also figures in the schemes of a big Nazi spy ring; which will win out, the gangsters' greed or their patriotism?
Director
Edward Dmytryk
Writer
Joseph Krumgold
Languages
German, English
Studio
RKO Radio Pictures
Cast
James Craig
Champ Larkin
Bonita Granville
Anne Porter
Frank Jenks
Jimbo
George Cleveland
"Cap" Porter
Cliff Edwards
Stormy
Erford Gage
Paul Brenner
Tala Birell
Baroness
John Banner
Fritz
Otto Reichow
Max
Bruce Edwards
HQ Radioman Nick
Richard Martin
HQ De-coder
Ann Summers
Nazi Hostess
Kernan Cripps
Cellblock Guard
Charles Flynn
Nazi Sub Radioman
Jack Martin
Nazi Sub Captain
Production
Company
RKO Radio Pictures
Producer
Herman Schlom
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