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Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954)

Director: Don Siegel

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From Time Out Film Guide

A classic of the genre, almost documentary in approach - low budget, no stars, Folsom Prison locations, inmates as extras - and boiling up an explosive violence kept under perfect control. Not looking for cosy answers (in fact, final victory shades ironically into defeat), the script's prime concern is less to establish the need for reform than to demonstrate the fallibilities that militate against its accomplishment: Brand's riot leader and Meyer's warden are men of integrity in essential agreement as to what needs to be done, but each is attended by an evil genius - one psychopathic, the other corrupt - so that simple issues mutate into an entirely different ball game. A riveting movie.

Author: TM 0000-00-00 00:00:00

Time Out Film Guide

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  • Dave Leggett said...
    Posted on Mar 16 2009 03:52 I saw this movie as a 11 or 12 yr. old. Darn good!Brand and Gordan!Can't think of two other actors that could do it better.
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Cast & crew

Director: Don Siegel

Producer: Walter Wanger

Cast: Neville Brand, Emile Meyer, Frank Faylen, Leo Gordon, Robert Osterloh, Paul Frees, Don Keefer, Dabbs Greer, Whit Bissell full cast

Genre(s): Thrillers

Duration: 80 mins


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