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...Francisco Lawyer George T. Davis was in a gut-wracking hurry. He glanced at his wristwatch: 8:50 a.m. In 70 minutes Burton W. Abbott, 29, found guilty of murdering a teen-aged girl, would die in San Quentin's gas chamber. Davis waited tensely for the U.S. Court of Appeals to grant a stay of execution based on his claim that Abbott had not received due process of law. Then the answer came: appeal denied...
...Hollywood in 1926, was convicted of manslaughter (1927) after Actor Ray Raymond died when Kelly slugged him during a quarrel over Raymond's wife, Actress Dorothy Mackaye. Kelly married Actress Mackaye in 1931 (she died after a car crash in 1940) after serving 25 months in San Quentin, later returned to Broadway, won the Donaldson and Perry awards for Command Decision (1947-48), starred in The Country Girl (1950-51); of a heart attack; in Los Angeles...
Prodigal. In San Quentin, Calif., worn out and hungry, Jailbreaker Leland Rogers showed up at the state prison's main gate two weeks after his escape, begged to be let back in, was obliged...
...field of Hollywood also-rans. As the leader of the gang, Actor Hayden gives a believable performance. As Hayden's henchmen, Jay C. Flippen, Ted DeCorsia and Joe Sawyer have the right wrong look; when the camera catches them together, the screen resembles a class photograph from San Quentin. And as the philosophic muscle merchant, Kola Kwarian throws the bull as charmingly as he throws the bulls...
Hell on Frisco Bay (Jaguar; Warner) The resident devil is Edward G. Robinson, a sort of menace emeritus who is invited by Alan Ladd, a cop he once framed, to retire from the daily grind to a peaceful chair at San Quentin. Eddie replies at some length: "Oh y-a-a-a-a?" Alan lets his right hand do the talking-and for a man who seems to have scarcely enough muscle to move his own face, he packs quite a punch. The effect of it, in fact, is almost enough to make a moviegoer believe that this picture...