Canon City

Based on a real prison escape with the warden of the prison getting the rub from the publicity by playing himself in the film, while it also serves in a small way as a documentary on prison life. The escapees get split-up while on the run so you get several individual hostage stories, giving both a realistic and variable experience. Some of this was great, but overall Canon City (1948) was the care to make the story really peak.

I like these economical noir flicks, but wow is the narration hard to swallow here.