CANNON CITY :: 1948, DIR: CRANE WILBUR
The Esther M. Klein Art Gallery presents a special Secret Cinema screening FREE and open to the public

Canon City (1948, Dir: Crane Wilbur)
Friday, Oct. 24th, 8pm
Gallery Doors open at 7:15pm

This exciting film noir drama, shot in semi-documentary style, reenacts a real-life Colorado prison break of 1947. Scott Brady (younger brother of tough-guy actor Lawrence Tierney) stars as a good-natured inmate caught in the middle as the escaped convicts terrorize the town. The cast also includes Jeff Corey, Whit Bissell, Star Trek's DeForest Kelley, and in a documentary preface, the prison's real-life warden and convicts.

The excellent photography was by the legendary Hungarian cinematographer John Alton. Director Crane Wilbur began his movie career in 1914, co-starring with Pearl White in The Perils of Pauline. He switched from acting to screenwriting and ultimately directing, making several prison films along the way. His 1950 film Outside The Wall was shot in Philadelphia's Eastern State Penitentiary, and his next film, Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison, inspired Johnny Cash to write one of his first hit records.
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