The Get-Away

June. 13,1941      NR
Rating:
6.2
Trailer Synopsis Cast

A jailed cop befriends a mob chieftain and stages a breakout with him.

Robert Sterling as  Jeff Crane
Charles Winninger as  Doctor Josiah Glass
Donna Reed as  Maria Theresa 'Terry' O'Reilly
Henry O'Neill as  Warden Alcott
Dan Dailey as  Sonny Black
Donald Douglas as  James 'Jim' Duff (as Don Douglas)
Ernest Whitman as  Moose Jones
Grant Withers as  Rufe Parker, a Gangster
Clara Blandick as  Mrs. Higgins
Chester Gan as  Sam, Black's Butler

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