San Quentin (1937 film)

San Quentin
San Quentin
Directed by	Lloyd Bacon
Written by	Robert Tasker; John Bright
Screenplay by	Peter Milne; Humphrey Cobb; Charles Belden; Laird Doyle; Seton I. Miller; Tom Reed
Produced by	Jack L. Warner; Hal Wallis; Samuel Bischoff
Starring	Pat O'Brien; Humphrey Bogart; Ann Sheridan
Cinematography	Sidney Hickox
Edited by	William Holmes
Music by	Leo Forbstein
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	August 7, 1937;
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$365,000 (estimated)

San Quentin is a 1937 Warner Bros. drama film directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart, and Ann Sheridan. It was shot on location at San Quentin State Prison.

Plot

Ex-Army officer Steve Jameson, chief guard at San Quentin State Prison, meets San Francisco night club singer May Kennedy. Her brother, Joe "Red" Kennedy, is on the run from the police and is arrested when he visits her.

Red arrives in San Quentin and fights hardened criminal "Sailor Boy" Hansen in the courtyard on his first day. Jameson punishes him. May begins a romantic relationship with Jameson, and finds out he is the yard captain in charge of the prisoners.

Jameson institutes a system to separate the hapless lawbreakers from the hardened criminals, and assigns Joe work outside of the prison in a road construction camp. Former chief guard Lieutenant Druggin resents Jameson, and surreptitiously assigns Hansen to the road camp as well. Hansen makes a plan to break out of prison. Red refuses to join him but changes his mind upon learning that Jameson is dating his sister.

Hansen's girlfriend arrives at the construction site and asks for help with a flat tire. Hansen volunteers and retrieves two guns hidden in the tool box. He and Red take a guard hostage and flee. After a car chase, Hansen's car crashes. He dies while Red escapes and goes to May's flat, but Jameson is already there. Red shoots at Jameson, slightly injuring him, and is shot by a police patrol. He has just enough strength to get back to the prison gates. Before dying, he asks the guards to tell Jameson he came back, and says the cons should respect Jameson.

Cast

Pat O'Brien as Capt. Stephen Jameson
Humphrey Bogart as Joe 'Red' Kennedy
Ann Sheridan as May Kennedy
Barton MacLane as Lt. Druggin
Joe Sawyer as "Sailor Boy" Hansen (credited as Joseph Sawyer)
Veda Ann Borg as Helen
Archie Robbins as Mickey Callahan (credited as James Robbins)
Joe King as Warden Taylor (credited as Joseph King)
Gordon Oliver as Captain
Garry Owen as Dopey
Marc Lawrence as Venetti
Emmett Vogan as Lieutenant
William Pawley as Convict
Al Hill as Convict
Max Wagner as Prison Runner
George Lloyd as Convict
Ernie Adams as Fink
Pat Flaherty as Cop clearing May (uncredited)^[1]
Edward Keane as 2nd Detective (uncredited)^[2]

References

^ McCarty, Clifford (1965). Bogey - The Films of Humphrey Bogart. Cadillac Publishing Co., Inc. p. 47.
^ McCarty, Clifford (1965). Bogey - The Films of Humphrey Bogart. Cadillac Publishing Co., Inc. p. 47.

External links

San Quentin at IMDb
San Quentin at the TCM Movie Database
San Quentin at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

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[1] McCarty, Clifford (1965). Bogey - The Films of Humphrey Bogart. Cadillac Publishing Co., Inc. p. 47.

[2] McCarty, Clifford (1965). Bogey - The Films of Humphrey Bogart. Cadillac Publishing Co., Inc. p. 47.

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