San Quentin

Year: 1937

Runtime: 70 mins

Language: English

Director: Lloyd Bacon

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Ex‑Army officer Jameson becomes a guard at San Quentin, where his new girlfriend May’s brother Joe is incarcerated for robbery. As Jameson works to keep inmates separated, the manipulative inmate Hansen sows discord by revealing Jameson’s attraction to May, heightening tensions behind the walls.

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