RIOT IN CELL BLOCK 11-1956-In this
Allied Artist documentary style prison uprising film, prisoners Dunn
(Neville Brand) and Crazy Mike (Leo Gordon) lead a prison revolt for
better conditions. A former colonel (Robert Osterloh) helps them with
their list of grievances while the warden (Emile Meyer) lock horns
with a callous senator (Frank Faylen). When Dunn is injured the
sadistic Mike takes over and the cons begin fighting among
themselves. Eventually Dunn wins his case with the approval of the
governor (Thomas B Henry) but it's overturned and Dunn faces 30 more
years in stir. “Still there are small steps forward” says the
narrator.
Alvy Moore, Whit Bissell, Paul Frees, Dabbs Greer and
William Phipps are some of the other prisoners.
Screenwriter Richard
Collins also wrote THE CULT OF THE COBRA and was blacklisted for a
while. Later he worked mostly in TV. Director Don Siegel made this 2
years before his classic THE INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS.
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