''Fugitive from a Prison Camp'' is a 1940 American

thriller film Thriller film, also known as suspense film or suspense thriller, is a broad film genre that evokes excitement and suspense in the audience. The suspense element found in most films' plots is particularly exploited by the filmmaker in this genre. ...

directed by Lewis D. Collins and starring Jack Holt, Marian Marsh and

Robert Barrat Robert Harriot Barrat (July 10, 1891 – January 7, 1970) was an American stage, motion picture, and television character actor. Early years Barratt was born on July 10, 1891 in New York City, and educated in the public schools there. He left ...

Plot

After an innocent man is picked up following a police raid, a sheriff tries to demonstrate his belief that first offenders should be given a chance.

Cast

* Jack Holt as Sheriff Lawson * Marian Marsh as Ann Baldwin *

as Chester Russell *

Phillip Terry Phillip Terry (born Frederick Henry Kormann; March 7, 1909 – February 23, 1993) was an American actor. Early years Terry "had elementary education in various schools in the oil country around Texas and Oklahoma." He attended Iona High School ...

as Bill Harding * Dennis Moore as Slugger Martin *

Jack La Rue Jack La Rue (born Gaspare Biondolillo; May 3, 1902 – January 11, 1984) was an American film and stage actor. Early life and family Gaspare Biondolillo was the son of Sicilian immigrants Luigi Biondolillo (1874–1951) and Giuseppa Biondoli ...

as Red Nelson *George Offerman Jr. as Ted Baldwin * Frankie Burke as Sobby Taylor *

Donald Haines Donald Haines (May 9, 1919 – February 20, 1943) was an American child actor who had recurring appearances in the '' Our Gang'' short subjects series from 1930 to 1933. He appeared in '' Our Gang'' during the early sound days along with ...

as Burly Bascomb *Alan Baldwin as Jerome Davis *

Frank LaRue Frank La Rue (born 1952) is a Guatemalan labor and human rights law expert and served as United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, from August 2008 to August 2014. Along ...

as Robert O'Brien * Ernest Morrison as Chuckles

References

External links

* 1940s thriller films American thriller films Films directed by Lewis D. Collins Columbia Pictures films 1940s American films {{1940s-US-film-stub