Henry Hall

Two TV station employees, a snooty female production assistant, and an eager gofer are assigned by their boss to locate a mysterious cassette. They quickly find themselves framed for murder and pursued by government agents.

Two TV station employees, a snooty female production assistant, and an eager gofer are assigned by their boss to locate a mysterious cassette. They quickly find themselves framed for murder and pursued by government agents.

Stephen Ashe is a hotshot California lawyer from a well-to-do family. When he wins a case for mobster Ace Wilfong, he invites Wilfong to a party being thrown at his parents' house to celebrate. At the party, Wilfong meets Stephen's daughter, Jan, and they run off together. Stephen attempts to lure his wild daughter away from her criminal boyfriend, but she fights him at every turn. Lionel Barrymore ("Key Largo," "You Can't Take It With You") won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Stephen Ashe. Others in the stellar cast include Academy Award-winner Clark Gable ("Gone With the Wind," "It Happened One Night") as Ace Wilfong, and Academy Award-winner Norma Shearer ("The Women, "The Divorcee") as Jan.

This hard-boiled jailbreak drama follows depraved inmate Jim Sherbondy (Scott Brady) as he masterminds an escape from a Colorado penitentiary with 11 others in tow and the formidable warden (Roy Best) on his heels. Based on the actual 1947 breakout, the chase moves from terrorized town into steep valley terrain, but Carl (Jeff Corey), Smalley (DeForest Kelley) and the rest can't outrun the merciless storm that envelops them.