Three men escape from prison, go back to their hometown to try to find out who framed them.Three men escape from prison, go back to their hometown to try to find out who framed them.Three men escape from prison, go back to their hometown to try to find out who framed them.
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LeRoy Mason
- Larry Doyle
- (as Roy Mason)
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
- Snowflake
- (as Snowflake)
Al Bridge
- Ranger Sergeant Parsons
- (as Al Bridges)
Georgia Caine
- Mrs. Sanderson
- (uncredited)
Jack Casey
- Ranger
- (uncredited)
Irene Crane
- Singer
- (uncredited)
Fred MacKaye
- Escapee-Describer
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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- TriviaThis film is one of over 200 titles in the list of independent feature films made available for television presentation by Advance Television Pictures announced in Motion Picture Herald 4 April 1942. At this time, television broadcasting was in its infancy, almost totally curtailed by the advent of World War II, and would not continue to develop until 1945-46. Because of poor documentation (feature films were often not identified by title in conventional sources) no record has yet been found of its initial television broadcast. It's earliest documented telecasts took place in New York City Friday 1 October 1948 on WATV (Channel 13) and in Atlanta Tuesday 27 December 1949 on WSB (Channel 8).
- SoundtracksLivin'In The Sunshine
Written by Chantelle Duhig (as Chantelle) and Louis Duhig (as Duhig)
Sung by Irene Crane
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An enjoyable B.
The career of Frankie Darro is a bit of an enigma. Frankie was a very small guy and looked much younger than he actually was...and certainly didn't look like leading man material. Yet, despite this, he starred in a lot of mostly B-movies in the 1930s and into the 40s. "Valley of Wanted Men" is one of his starring vehicles....though I think the real star was LeRoy Mason, as he had the lion's share of time on screen...though who ever heard of LeRoy Mason?!
The story begins with a brutal prison escape. Dozens of prisoners are running about the prison yard...and getting mowed down right and left by the guards. Somehow three manage to escape--and Doyle (Mason) leads them back to his home territory. Why? Because Doyle insists he was framed and is an innocent man...and he aims to prove it. His 'pal' Dexter apparently set him up to take the fall for a robbery...and he intends to prove his innocence. But his other two associates are not so interested in anything but saving their butts and getting rich...and Doyle constantly needs to be on guard against these 'friends'. The only one who will help Doyle in this is Slivers (Darro)....as he never gave up his faith in Doyle and his innocence. What's next during this manhunt? See the film.
This film is pretty much what you'd expect from a Darro film--a decent amount of action, some punching and a happy ending. Not an especially deep film but one that apparently satisfied a lot of 1930s viewers....and harmless entertainment today.
The story begins with a brutal prison escape. Dozens of prisoners are running about the prison yard...and getting mowed down right and left by the guards. Somehow three manage to escape--and Doyle (Mason) leads them back to his home territory. Why? Because Doyle insists he was framed and is an innocent man...and he aims to prove it. His 'pal' Dexter apparently set him up to take the fall for a robbery...and he intends to prove his innocence. But his other two associates are not so interested in anything but saving their butts and getting rich...and Doyle constantly needs to be on guard against these 'friends'. The only one who will help Doyle in this is Slivers (Darro)....as he never gave up his faith in Doyle and his innocence. What's next during this manhunt? See the film.
This film is pretty much what you'd expect from a Darro film--a decent amount of action, some punching and a happy ending. Not an especially deep film but one that apparently satisfied a lot of 1930s viewers....and harmless entertainment today.
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- planktonrules
- Oct 28, 2018
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- Runtime1 hour 2 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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