Fugitive from a Prison Camp(1940)

movie - first aired/released 1940-10-05 - audience 9.0

Directed by Lewis D. Collins

Sheriff Holt is determined to prove that prisoners can be rehabilitated and released into society in this prison drama. In charge of a new kind of program, the sheriff places inmates in a clean environment and makes them build a road. Despite the improved conditions, the criminals continue to pull off a few shady shenanigans as an innocent man who is sent there soon discovers.