Timeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins' dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he possibly bust out of Munsey's chains?
Casts Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn, Charles Bickford, Yvonne De Carlo, Ann Blyth, Ella Raines, Anita Colby, Sam Levene, Jeff Corey, John Hoyt
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Eyes Without a Face
Two
Christmas Holiday
The Fallen Sparrow
Scandal Sheet
Crack-Up
Raw Deal
When Strangers Marry
T-Men
2037
Inside Job
Fallen Angel
Pépé le Moko
Macao
The Las Vegas Story
Hoodlum Empire
The Houston Story
Experiment Perilous
Monsieur Verdoux
Strange Impersonation
SIMILAR MOVIES
Eyes Without a Face
IMDB 7.6 | Jan , 1960
Dr. Génessier is riddled with guilt after an accident that he caused disfigures the face of his daughter, the once beautiful Christiane, who outsiders believe is dead. Dr. Génessier, along with accomplice and laboratory assistant Louise, kidnaps young women and brings them to the Génessier mansion. After rendering his victims unconscious, Dr. Génessier removes their faces and attempts to graft them on to Christiane's.Two
IMDB 5 | May , 2007
This film was based on Zoran Zivkovic's stories, in which the main motif is number two: a number that unites a man and a woman, sky and earth, yin and yang... It also tells two stories that are merged into one whole.Christmas Holiday
IMDB 6.3 | Jul , 1944
Don't be fooled by the title. Christmas Holiday is a far, far cry from It's a Wonderful Life. Told in flashback, the story begins as Abigail Martin marries Southern aristocrat Robert Monette. Unfortunately, Robert has inherited his family's streak of violence and instability, and soon drags Abigail into a life of misery.The Fallen Sparrow
IMDB 5.7 | Aug , 1943
Imprisoned during the Spanish Civil War, John "Kit" McKittrick is released when a New York City policeman pulls some strings. Upon returning to America, McKittrick hears that a friend has committed suicide, and he begins to smell a rat. During his investigation, McKittrick questions three beautiful women, one of whom has a tie to his refugee past. Pursued by Nazi operatives, McKittrick learns of the death of another friend, and begins to suspect the dark Dr. Skaas.Scandal Sheet
IMDB 7 | Jan , 1952
A tabloid editor assigns a young reporter to solve a murder the editor committed himself.Crack-Up
IMDB 5.6 | Sep , 1946
Art curator George Steele experiences a train wreck...which never happened. Is he cracking up, or the victim of a plot?Raw Deal
IMDB 6.7 | May , 1948
Joe Sullivan is itching to get out of prison. He's taken the rap for his accomplice Rick, a sadistic mobster who owes him $50,000 from the job they pulled. Rick sets up an escape for Joe, assuming that Joe will be killed while fleeing. But with the help of his love-struck girl Pat and his sympathetic legal caseworker Ann, Joe gets further than Rick intended...When Strangers Marry
IMDB 6.1 | Aug , 1944
A naive small-town girl comes to New York City to meet her husband, and discovers that he may be a murderer.T-Men
IMDB 6.8 | Dec , 1947
Two U.S. Treasury ("T-men") agents go undercover in Detroit, and then Los Angeles, in an attempt to break a U.S. currency counterfeiting ring.2037
IMDB 7.4 | Jun , 2022
Yoon-young, a 19-year-old girl who dreams of becoming a civil servant, is framed as a murderer and imprisoned in a women's prison.Inside Job
IMDB 5.6 | Jun , 1946
A pair of married ex-convicts trying to go straight get jobs at a department store. A gangster who knows about their past threatens to expose it unless they agree to help him rob the department store.Fallen Angel
IMDB 6.5 | Nov , 1945
An unemployed drifter, Eric Stanton wanders into a small California town and begins hanging around the local diner. While Eric falls for the lovely waitress Stella, he also begins romancing a quiet and well-to-do woman named June Mills. Since Stella isn't interested in Eric unless he has money, the lovelorn guy comes up with a scheme to win her over, and it involves June. Before long, murder works its way into this passionate love triangle.Pépé le Moko
IMDB 7.2 | Jan , 1937
Pépé le Moko, one of France's most wanted criminals, hides out in the Casbah section of Algiers. He knows police will be waiting for him if he tries to leave the city. When Pépé meets Gaby, a gorgeous woman from Paris who is lost in the Casbah, he falls for her.Macao
IMDB 6.2 | Apr , 1952
Nick Cochran, an American in exile in Macao, has a chance to restore his name by helping capture an international crime lord. Undercover, can he mislead the bad guys and still woo the attractive singer/petty crook, Julie Benson?The Las Vegas Story
IMDB 5.8 | Jan , 1952
When newlyweds visit Las Vegas, the wife's shady past comes to the surface.Hoodlum Empire
IMDB 6.1 | Apr , 1952
It's a deadly play for power when a Mafia chieftain's top gun goes straight and threatens to testify against the big boss and his cruel, nationwide network of crime. The picture, which was shot in a semi-documentary style, was inspired by the Kefauver investigations of 1950-51.The Houston Story
IMDB 5.5 | Feb , 1956
A Texas oil driller schemes to steal millions of dollars in oil.Experiment Perilous
IMDB 5.6 | Dec , 1944
In 1903, Doctor Huntington Bailey meets a friendly older lady during a train trip. She tells him that she is going to visit her brother Nick and his lovely young wife Allida. Once in New York, Bailey hears that his train companion suddenly died. Shortly afterward, he meets the strange couple and gets suspicious of Nick's treatment of his wife.Monsieur Verdoux
IMDB 7.7 | Sep , 1947
The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining income. While being both loyal and competent in his work, Verdoux has been laid-off. To make money for his wife and child, he marries wealthy widows and then murders them. His crime spree eventually works against him when two particular widows break his normal routine.Strange Impersonation
IMDB 6 | Mar , 1946
A female research scientist conducting experiments on a new anesthetic has a very bad week. Her scheming assistant intentionally scars her face, her almost-fiancee appears to have deserted her and she finds herself being blackmailed by a women she accidentally knocked down with her car.