I love this movie so much

Admirable film.

I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Although Steve(Pat O'Brian), as the new, reform-minded captain of the guards, is portrayed as the hero, he's merely carrying out the stated policies of the warden. Bogart is just OK as the small time hood(Red) the story is focused on, but his prison break and subsequent behavior is counterintuitive. Shows that a reformable prisoner(Red) can be corrupted by a non-reformable one.(Joe Sawyer), and that prison breaks are probably useless, and possibly lethal. Ann Sheridan plays Bogie's sister(good girl), whom he treats more like his girlfriend. Veda Ann Borg plays the tough broad, who helps in the prison break. Steve must have been wearing a bullet-proof vest when Red shot him at close range!

Lloyd Bacon directed this prison drama that stars Humphrey Bogart as Joe 'Red' Kennedy, who is a new convict at San Quentin now run by new Captain of the guards Jameson(played by Pat O' Brian) who wants to institute reforms to help rehabilitation. By coincidence, he is also romancing Joe's sister May(played by Ann Sheridan). When Joe is misinformed about Jameson's intentions, he foolishly breaks out to stop him, but after realizing his mistake, tries desperately to make amends... OK drama has good performances from the cast compensating for the thin and unoriginal story, which is still entertaining enough to succeed, though not one of Bogart's best.

One of the better early prison movies is SAN QUENTIN directed by Lloyd Bacon for Warner Brothers. A fast paced drama starring Pat O'Brien as(Captain Stephen Jameson), a former military officer who accepts a job at the infamous San Quentin prison and brings with him ideas of military-style-reform. His changes don't go over easy with hardened criminals like 'Sailor Boy' Hanson(Joe Sawyer) and fresh new 'fish' like Joe Kennedy(Humphrey Bogart). An uprising of discontent begins when a bitter guard(Barton MacLane)informs some of the prison population that Jameson is dating Kennedy's attractive sister(Ann Sheridan).Movies like this flourished in America during the Great Depression and it is very odd that it was actually banned in Finland. Rounding out the cast: Joe King, James Robbins, Garry Owen, Veda Ann Borg and William Pawley.

San Quentin (1937) *** (out of 4) The new captain (Pat O'Brien) at San Quentin finds himself in a hard spot because the woman (Ann Sheridan) he loves just happens to have a younger brother (Humphrey Bogart) in the prison. Another prison drama from Warner works pretty well throughout, due in large part to the performances. This is the best I've seen O'Brien and I'm really starting to love seeing Bogart in these smaller roles. The joke the other cons pull on Bogart at the start of the film is certainly the highlight. Barton MacLane nearly steals the show as the tough prison guard.