Buried Alive (1939)
Love finds its way... behind the gates of prison!
A prison trustee rescues a despondent executioner from a bar-room brawl, and is blamed for the fight by a tabloid reporter who actually started it, and loses parole, becomes embittered, and gets blamed for murder of guard.
- Date of release
- 1939-11-06
- TMDB
- 5.1 / 10 (7)
- Runtime
- 1h 2m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Romance
- Director
- Victor Halperin
Casting
- Beverly Roberts — Joan Wright
- Robert Wilcox — Johnny Martin
- Paul McVey — Jim Henderson
- Ted Osborne — Ira Hanes
- George Pembroke — Ernie Matthews
- Stephen Chase — Dr. Robert Lee
- George Lynn — Gus Barth
- Wheeler Oakman — Manning
- Norman Budd — The Kid
- Ben Alexander — Riley
- Boyd Irwin — Rutledge
- Edward Earle — Charlie Blake
Interesting facts
Buried Alive is a 1939 film directed by Victor Halperin.
Production
After finishing Torture Ship, director Victor Halperin started production on his next film Buried Alive. The film began shooting in the first half of October 1939 for Producer's Pictures Corporation.
Actor Clem Wilenchick (aka Crane Whitley) was scheduled to play the character of Manning, but as the shooting began he was replaced by Wheeler Oakman. The Call Bureau Cast Service initially mentioned that Archie Twitchell would portray Carson, and was replaced by Dave O'Brien.
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