After Pearl Harbor, convicts at Alcatraz prison live in fear of bomb attacks, driving Champ Larkin and his pal Jimbo to a desperate escape attempt which lands them on a tiny lighthouse island, where they take over. The five inhabitants are stymied in their efforts to summon aid. But the island also figures in the schemes of a big Nazi spy ring; which will win out, the gangsters' greed or their patriotism?

• DirectorEdward Dmytryk
• Release18 November 1942
• Genre
  Drama / Thriller
• Duration1h 2m
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• Rate
  

  4.5
  4 reviews
• Productions

  RKO Radio Pictures