23 Oct 1983
Women of San Quentin
A young female prison guard finds out that her first assignment is to San Quentin, one of the toughest prisons in the country.
San Quentin
... Amazing Drama of Desperate Men Behind the Walls!
Ex-Army officer Jameson takes a job a prison guard at San Quentin. Joe, the brother of his new girlfriend May, is sentenced to the prison for robbery. When Jameson tries to separate lawbreakers from hardened criminals, badguy Hansen tries to stir up trouble by telling Joe about Jameson's interest in his sister.
Top Billed Cast
Pat O’Brien Capt. Stephen Jameson
Humphrey Bogart Joe 'Red' Kennedy
Ann Sheridan May
Barton MacLane Lt. Druggin
Joe Sawyer 'Sailor Boy' Hansen
Veda Ann Borg Helen
Archie Robbins Mickey Callahan
Joe King Warden Taylor
Gordon Oliver Captain
Garry Owen Dopey
Marc Lawrence Venetti
Emmett Vogan Lieutenant
William Pawley Convict
Al Hill Convict
Max Wagner Prison Runner
Ernie Adams Fink
George Beranger Lorenz Review Headwaiter
Michael Stark 
Gino Corrado Lorenz Review Waiter (uncredited)
Frank Faylen Convict Envying Hoffman (uncredited)
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