Television viewer seeing this for the first time: Gee whiz, it's in black-and-white and was made in the 40's and is about crime and...Eureka!...another "noir" film is discovered. How about just another typical Martin Mooney film that starts out as pretending to be something socially significant---call Prison Warden Lewis E. Lawes to do another prologue speech---and then quickly gets into just another cops-vs-robbers (or good crooks vs. bad crooks)B-feature action-thriller tha... (Full plot summary below)
Enjoy FREE movies and series with your Prime (USA) subscription or when you start a 30-day free trial!
| Movie Source | Available | Offers | Added | Views | Quality | Format | Rating | Link | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | UK only | 1 Month Free Trial | 07 May 2023 | 5816 | HD | Watch OnlineStream Instantly | 76% |  Report: Broken Link |   |
| USA only | 1 Month Free Trial | 15 May 2018 | 5081 | HD | Watch OnlineStream Instantly | 92% | Report: Broken Link | |
| IRELAND only | 1 Month Free Trial | 25 Oct 2022 | 2986 | HD | Watch OnlineStream Instantly | 67% | Report: Broken Link | |
 | UK only | 30 Day Free Trial | 13 Oct 2017 | 877 | HD | Watch OnlineStream Instantly | 83% | Report: Broken Link | |
![Its HD [San Quentin]](/images/logos/icons/itshd.png){kind=icon} | WORLDWIDE | ? | 22 Jun 2013 | 3592 | HD | Watch OnlineStream Instantly | 88% | Report: Broken Link | |
 | UK only | 30 Day Free Trial | 12 Jan 2019 | 496 | HD | Watch OnlineStream Instantly | 47% | Report: Broken Link | |
 | UK only | Free Credit | 09 May 2025 | 149 | HD | Watch OnlineStream Instantly | 40% | Report: Broken Link | |
 | WORLDWIDE | ? | 28 Oct 2014 | 166 | HD | Watch OnlineStream Instantly | 15% | Report: Broken Link | |
 | WORLDWIDE | ? | 27 Oct 2023 | 20 | SD / TV | Watch OnlineStream Instantly | 16% | Report: Broken Link | |
 | WORLDWIDE | ? | 20 Oct 2024 | 101 | HD | Watch OnlineStream Instantly | 31% | Report: Broken Link | |
 | WORLDWIDE | ? | 18 Aug 2022 | 8 | SD / TV | Watch OnlineStream Instantly | 19% | Report: Broken Link | |
Links compiled using automated software. Availability of offers subject to change / might be region specific / out of date.
| Movie Source | Available | Offers | Added | Views | Quality | Format | Rating | Link | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK only | 30 Day Free Trial | 05 Dec 2018 | 950 | SD / DVD | DVD RentalRent by Post | 75% |  Report: Broken Link | |
 | UK only | N/A | 05 Dec 2018 | 65 | SD / DVD | DVD RentalRent by Post | 52% | Report: Broken Link | |
 | USA only | 1 Month Free Trial | 05 Dec 2018 | 88 | SD / DVD | DVD RentalRent by Mail | 15% | Report: Broken Link | |
| USA only | 1 Month Free Trial | 05 Dec 2018 | 22173 | SD / DVD | DVD RentalRent by Mail | 96% | Report: Broken Link | |
| Movie Source | Available | Offers | Added | Views | Quality | Format | Rating | Link | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK only | 30 Day Free Trial | 03 Jul 2016 | 283 | HD / BR | Blu Ray RentalRent by Post | 92% | Report: Broken Link | |
| UK only | N/A | 03 Jul 2016 | 112 | HD / BR | Blu Ray RentalRent by Post | 41% | Report: Broken Link | |
| USA only | 1 Month Free Trial | 05 Dec 2018 | 325 | HD / BR | Blu Ray RentalRent by Mail | 19% | Report: Broken Link | |
| USA only | 1 Month Free Trial | 03 Jul 2016 | 6841 | HD / BR | Blu Ray RentalRent by Mail | 100% | Report: Broken Link | |
Television viewer seeing this for the first time: Gee whiz, it's in black-and-white and was made in the 40's and is about crime and...Eureka!...another "noir" film is discovered. How about just another typical Martin Mooney film that starts out as pretending to be something socially significant---call Prison Warden Lewis E. Lawes to do another prologue speech---and then quickly gets into just another cops-vs-robbers (or good crooks vs. bad crooks)B-feature action-thriller that will open in every 2nd-tier theatre in the country on Sunday, close on Wednesday... and be the bottom-half of a grind-house twin-bill two weeks later. "San Quentin" ably fills that description. Ex-con Jim Rowland (Lawrence Tierney), gone straight and returning from WWII as a hero, is more than a bit irked, as one of the founders of the Prison Welfare League (cons rehabilitating cons inside and outside the walls), when he learns that bank robber Nick Taylor (Barton MacLane) has used the good name of the PWL to escape from San Quentin, and knocked the Warden in the head to boot. This is one founding father that isn't going to stand idly by after the good name of the PWL has been stained, especially by the likes of Barton MacLane, probably still laughing at the thought there was a Warden somewhere who would actually trust him. So Jim and his ex-con pal 'Broadway' (Joe Devlin) set out to track down Nick Taylor. They encounter Marian Carr along the way.
Leave your thoughts about San Quentin.
