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1936 film by Nick Grinde For the British film of the same year, see Gaol Break.

Jailbreak

Directed by	Nick Grinde
Screenplay by	Robert Hardy Andrews Joseph Hoffman
Story by	Jonathan Finn
Produced by	Bryan Foy
Starring	Barton MacLane June Travis Craig Reynolds Dick Purcell Joe King George E. Stone
Cinematography	Arthur L. Todd
Edited by	Harold McLernon
Music by	Bernhard Kaun
Production company	Warner Bros.
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	August 5, 1936 (1936-08-05)
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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. on August 5, 1936.

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

References

"Jailbreak (1936) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
J.T.M. (1936-08-06). "Movie Review - Jailbreak - At the Strand". NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
"Jailbreak". Afi.com. 1936-07-20. Retrieved 2015-12-13.

External links

Jailbreak at IMDb

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Films directed by Nick Grinde

Riders of the Dark (1928)
Beyond the Sierras (1928)
Morgan's Last Raid (1929)
The Desert Rider (1929)
Good News (1930)
Remote Control (1930)
This Modern Age (1931)
Shopworn (1932)
Vanity Street (1932)
Menu (1933)
Stone of Silver Creek (1935)
Border Brigands (1935)
How to Sleep (1935)
Ladies Crave Excitement (1935)
Public Enemy's Wife (1936)
Lucky Fugitives (1936)
Jailbreak (1936)
The Captain's Kid (1936)
Fugitive in the Sky (1936)
Public Wedding (1937)
White Bondage (1937)
Love Is on the Air (1937)
Exiled to Shanghai (1937)
Delinquent Parents (1938)
Down in 'Arkansaw' (1938)
Federal Man-Hunt (1938)
King of Chinatown (1939)
A Woman Is the Judge (1939)
Sudden Money (1939)
Million Dollar Legs (1939)
The Man They Could Not Hang (1939)
Scandal Sheet (1939)
The Man with Nine Lives (1940)
Before I Hang (1940)
Convicted Woman (1940)
Friendly Neighbors (1940)
Girls of the Road (1940)
Mountain Moonlight (1941)
Hitler - Dead or Alive (1942)
Road to Alcatraz (1945)

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