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Crashout

  • Director: Lewis R. Foster
  • AMG Rating: starstar
  • Genre: Crime
  • Movie Type: Crime Thriller, Escape Film
  • Themes: Escape From Prison
  • Main Cast: William Bendix, Arthur Kennedy, Luther Adler, William Talman, Gene Evans
  • Release Year: 1955
  • Country: US
  • Run Time: 82 minutes

Plot

Six convicts plan a prison break and are successful, though their ringleader (William Bendix) is injured in the attempt. He promises to share the fortune in gold he has stowed away if they help him get to a doctor. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide

Cast

Marshall Thompson - Billy Lang; Beverly Michaels - Alice Mosher; Gloria Talbott - Girl on Train; Adam Williams - Fred; Percy Helton - Dr. Barnes; Melinda Markey - Girl in Bar; Edward Clark - Conductor; Tom Dugan - Bartender; Morris Ankrum - Head Guard; Christopher Olsen - Timmy; Adele St. Maur - Mrs. Mosher

Credit

Wiard Ihnen - Art Director, Lewis R. Foster - Director, Robert Swink - Editor, Leith Stevens - Composer (Music Score), Russell Metty - Cinematographer, Hal E. Chester - Producer, Hal E. Chester - Screenwriter, Lewis R. Foster - Screenwriter, Chester Foster - Screenwriter

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Crashout

lobby card for Crashout
Directed by Lewis R. Foster
Produced by Hal E. Chester
Irving H. Levin
Written by Hal E. Chester
Lewis R. Foster
Starring William Bendix
Arthur Kennedy
Luther Adler
Music by Leith Stevens
Distributed by The Filmakers Inc.
Release date(s) 1955 (U.S. release)
Running time 89 min
Language English

Crashout is a 1955 film noir black-and-white movie.

Plot

Convict Van Duff is the leader of a large-scale prison break. The breakout works as the six survivors hide out in a forgotten mine working near the prison.

Once the coast is clear they then set out on a long, dangerous journey. The convicts take by foot, car, train and truck in an attempt to get to some hidden stolen bank loot. On the journey the doomed prisoners meet with some locals including a kidnapped doctor (Percy Helton) and a young woman on a train (Gloria Talbott).

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Irving H. Levin (Actor, War/Thriller)
Leith Stevens (Jazz Artist, '30s-'60s)
Gloria Talbott

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