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Alcatraz Island
Alcatraz Island
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	William C. McGann
Screenplay by	Crane Wilbur
Produced by	Bryan Foy
Starring	John Litel; Ann Sheridan; Mary Maguire; Gordon Oliver; Dick Purcell; Ben Welden
Cinematography	L. William O'Connell
Edited by	Frank DeWar
Music by	Heinz Roemheld
Production; company	Cosmopolitan Productions
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	November 6, 1937;
Running time	63 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Alcatraz Island is a 1937 American drama film directed by William C. McGann and written by Crane Wilbur. The film stars John Litel, Ann Sheridan, Mary Maguire, Gordon Oliver, Dick Purcell and Ben Welden. The film was released by Warner Bros. on November 6, 1937.^[1]^[2]

Plot edit

Cast edit

John Litel as 'Gat' Brady
Ann Sheridan as Flo Allen
Mary Maguire as Ann
Gordon Oliver as George Drake
Dick Purcell as 'Harp' Santell
Ben Welden as 'Red' Carroll
Addison Richards as Fred MacLane
George E. Stone as 'Tough Tony' Burke
Vladimir Sokoloff as The Flying Dutchman
Peggy Bates as Miss Tolliver
Doris Lloyd as Miss Marquand
Charles Trowbridge as Warden Jackson
Janet Shaw as Sally Carruthers
Matty Fain as Butch

Reception edit

Frank Nugent of The New York Times said, "This rough-and-ready outline may not convey it, but the film has a compact plot, smooth performances by John Litel and the little-known others, and a good bit of interesting material on the present residence of Al Capone. Whether the Alcatraz scenes are accurate or not is beside the point; they do make good watching. And so, for all its Class B-ishness, does the picture."^[3]

References edit

^ "Alcatraz Island (1937) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved 2015-08-27.
^ "Alcatraz Island". Afi.com. Retrieved 2015-08-27.
^ Nugent, Frank S. (1937-10-14). "Movie Review - Alcatraz Island - THE SCREEN; The Freres Warner Continue Their Penal Researches in 'Alcatraz Island,' Showing at the Strand". NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2015-08-27.