Gangster Vincent Canelli and bank robber Peter Manning escape from Death Row minutes before their execution by electric chair.Gangster Vincent Canelli and bank robber Peter Manning escape from Death Row minutes before their execution by electric chair.Gangster Vincent Canelli and bank robber Peter Manning escape from Death Row minutes before their execution by electric chair.
Lee Aaker
- Little Boy
- (uncredited)
James Bacon
- Reporter at Electrocution
- (uncredited)
Harry Bartell
- Boland
- (uncredited)
Arthur Batanides
- Reporter at Electrocution
- (uncredited)
Ray Bennett
- Alexander Watkins
- (uncredited)
Don Blackman
- Selwyn
- (uncredited)
David Bond
- Thompson
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe film was banned by the Memphis Censor Board due to its grimness and brutality.
- GoofsWhen one of the gang is injured and needs an operation, Robinson orders a captive to donate blood, and the man does so. However, he does not know--and no test is made to determine--if the man has a blood group compatible with that of the patient.
- Quotes
Father Slocum: Listen to me, Vincent... you can't keep on killing and killing.
Vincent Canelli: No? Just watch me.
- ConnectionsReferenced in The Swindle (1955)
- SoundtracksBlack Tuesday Blues
by Bob Parrish
Featured review
When they said Robinson outdoes his Little Ceaser and Key Largo, IT WASN'T HYPE !!!
Edward G. Robinson shows he still could do the gangster role and keep the performances fresh. Unlike the mob bosses Robinson played in
"Little Ceaser", "The Last Gangster", and "Key Largo", the role of Vincent Canelli is more modern and vicious than the typical cigar chewing prohabtion gangster. Canelli and gunman Manning{Peter Graves} await their death sentence with a bunch of other prisoners on death row. Canelli's mob kidnap the daughter of one of the prison guards and
blackmail the guard in helping the death row inmates bust outta the joint!! Canelli needs Manning's money that he stashed away for his final getaway and Manning is just looking for freedom. The story leads
to a moral climatic stand-off with escaped killers vs. the police. The soul-less Canelli shows how low killers will go to survive. Great performance by Robinson and Graves, especially Robinson who plays a
gangster ahead of those times. It's sad that not enough people know about this movie. If your any type of gangster, suspense, or just a Eddie G. fan, GET YOUR HANDS ON A COPY OF THIS FILM... NYA'SEE!!!!!
"Little Ceaser", "The Last Gangster", and "Key Largo", the role of Vincent Canelli is more modern and vicious than the typical cigar chewing prohabtion gangster. Canelli and gunman Manning{Peter Graves} await their death sentence with a bunch of other prisoners on death row. Canelli's mob kidnap the daughter of one of the prison guards and
blackmail the guard in helping the death row inmates bust outta the joint!! Canelli needs Manning's money that he stashed away for his final getaway and Manning is just looking for freedom. The story leads
to a moral climatic stand-off with escaped killers vs. the police. The soul-less Canelli shows how low killers will go to survive. Great performance by Robinson and Graves, especially Robinson who plays a
gangster ahead of those times. It's sad that not enough people know about this movie. If your any type of gangster, suspense, or just a Eddie G. fan, GET YOUR HANDS ON A COPY OF THIS FILM... NYA'SEE!!!!!
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