Directed by:
Don SiegelScreenplay:
Richard CollinsCinematography:
Russell HarlanComposer:
Herschel Burke GilbertCast:
Neville Brand, Emile Meyer, Frank Faylen, Robert Osterloh, Paul Frees, Alvy Moore, Dabbs Greer, Whit Bissell, Don Keefer, James Anderson, Carleton Young (more)VOD (1)
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In December 1951, distinguished Hollywood producer Walter Wanger caused a scandal when, in a fit of jealousy, he wounded talent agent Jennings Lang, whom he suspected of having an affair with his then wife, actress Joan Bennett, by shooting him twice. Fortunately Lang was not seriously hurt, and Wanger was sentenced to four months’ imprisonment for his act. As it turned out, this experience had a great influence on the director, and two years later it resulted in the impressive prison drama Riot in Cell Block 11. The film, directed by action drama specialist Don Siegel, engages the viewer’s attention with its uncompromising, direct style and high level of violence, as well as its urgent criticism of the conditions of life behind the prison walls. Siegel’s crew operated in the premises of Folsom State Prison in California, and the use of actual convicts and prison officers in episodic roles also contributed to strengthening the authentic impression. (Noir Film Festival)
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Frank Hagney
Australia
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Modern Times (1936)
The General (1926)
William Phipps
USA
Best movies:
Cinderella (1950)
Lust for Life (1956)
Julius Caesar (1953)
Thomas Browne Henry
USA
Best movies:
Julius Caesar (1953)
Airport (1970)
Samson and Delilah (1949)
Roy Glenn
USA
Best movies:
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
Finian's Rainbow (1968)
Robert Burton
USA
Best movies:
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Joel Fluellen
USA
Best movies:
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
Mighty Joe Young (1949)
Tom Coleman
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
The Killing (1956)
Ward Wood
USA
Best movies:
Samson and Delilah (1949)
Air Force (1943)
Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954)
Robert Keys
USA
Best movies:
Kansas Pacific (1953)
Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954)
Operation Petticoat (1959)
Charles Ferguson
USA
Best movies:
White Heat (1949)
Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
Julius Caesar (1953)