Riot in Cell Block 11
Riot in Cell Block 11 is a 1954 American film noir crime film directed by Don Siegel and starring Neville Brand, Emile Meyer, Frank Faylen, Leo Gordon and Robert Osterloh. Director Quentin Tarantino called it "the best prison film ever made."
Plot
One night, several prison inmates take guards prisoner to protest brutal conditions in their prison. They then make their demands known to prison warden Reynolds (Emile Meyer), a liberal-minded administrator who has complained for many years about the same conditions. James V. Dunn (Neville Brand), the prisoners' leader, meets the press outside the cell block and makes demands that they will no longer tolerate the brutal guards, substandard food, overcrowding, and barely livable conditions.
More details
| author | Richard J. Collins |
|---|---|
| director | Don Siegel |
| editor | Bruce B. Pierce |
| genre | crime drama |
| keywords | force one night prison warden pyrrhic victory state police |
| musicBy | Herschel Burke Gilbert |
| producer | Walter Wanger |
| productionCompany | Walter Wanger Productions |
| publisher | Allied Artists Pictures |
| recordedAt | Folsom State Prison |
| theme | film noir prison |