Thursday, December 26, 2019

Prison Break (1938)

Shannon (Barton MacLane) is a happy-go-lucky tuna fisherman who is in love with Jean (Glenda Farrell), though her pop isn't too keen on the union (this isn't really elaborated on). Shannon ends up going to prison for manslaughter to protect his brother where he starts to tangle with the crook Big Red (Ward Bond)...

When Shannon finally gets released on parole he finds the life of a parolee is not an easy one. Eventually he finds out Big Red is the reason he has spent time inside and has wrecked his life...

The story is rather cliched and predictable but is fast paced and makes the most of it's modest budget to tell the story of a man who has nearly everything stacked against him.