Plot

Convict Van Duff is the leader of a large-scale prison break. The breakout works as the six survivors hide out in a forgotten mine working near the prison.

Once the coast is clear they then set out on a long, dangerous journey. The convicts take by foot, car, train and truck in an attempt to get to some hidden stolen bank loot. On the journey the doomed prisoners meet with some locals including a kidnapped doctor (Percy Helton

Percy Helton

Percy Helton was an American film and television actor.One of his most memorable supporting roles was playing a drunken Santa Claus in Miracle on 34th Street. He also appeared in small but memorable roles in Criss Cross , The Set-Up , Kiss Me Deadly and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid...

) and a young woman on a train (Gloria Talbott

Gloria Talbott

Gloria Talbott was an American film and television actress.-Early life and career:She grew up in Glendale, California...

).

Main cast

• William Bendix
  William Bendix
  William Bendix was an American film, radio, and television actor, best remembered in movies for the title role in the movie The Babe Ruth Story and for portraying clumsily earnest aircraft plant worker Chester A. Riley in radio and television's The Life of Riley...
  
   as Van Morgan Duff
• Arthur Kennedy
  Arthur Kennedy (actor)
  Arthur Kennedy was an American stage and film actor known for his versatility in supporting film roles and his ability to create "an exceptional honesty and naturalness on stage" especially in the original casts of Arthur Miller plays on Broadway.- Early life and education :Kennedy was born John...
  
   as Joe Quinn
• Luther Adler
  Luther Adler
  Luther Adler was an American actor best known for his work in theatre, but who also worked in film and television. He also directed plays on Broadway.-Life and career:...
  
   as Pete Mendoza
• William Talman as Luther Remsen
• Gene Evans
  Gene Evans
  Gene Evans was an American actor.He was born in Holbrook, Arizona, but reared in Colton, California. His acting career began while he was serving in World War II. He performed with a theatrical troupe of GIs in Europe. Evans made his film debut in 1947 and appeared in dozens of movies and...
  
  as Maynard 'Monk' Collins
• Christopher Olsen (Chris Olsen) as Timmy Mosher