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
One Girl's Confession
Women's Prison
Red Light
Wedad
The Racket
Shockproof
Champion
Wax Light
Scandal Sheet
The Woman in Question
Mrs. Miniver
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
Pursued
Night Editor
High Wall
The Missing Juror
Public Hero Number 1
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Dead Men Are Dangerous
SIMILAR MOVIES
One Girl's Confession
IMDB 6.1 | Apr , 1953
Cleo Moore stars as Mary Adams, whose first step on the road to ruin is a $25,000 robbery. Mary hides the money, then confesses to the crime, secure in the belief that she can dig up the loot upon her release from prison.Women's Prison
IMDB 5.7 | Feb , 1955
A crusading psychiatrist battles a sadistic female warden to improve conditions at a women's prison.Red Light
IMDB 5.8 | Sep , 1949
Nick Cherney, in prison for embezzling from Torno Freight Co., sees a chance to get back at Johnny Torno through his young priest brother Jess. He pays fellow prisoner Rocky, who gets out a week before Nick, to murder Jess... who, dying, tells revenge-minded Johnny that he'd written a clue "in the Bible." Frustrated, Johnny obsessively searches for the missing Gideon Bible from Jess's hotel room.Wedad
IMDB 5 | Feb , 1936
Baher is a merchant in love with his serf Wedad who goes bankrupt because his merchandises are stolen. In order to pay his debts Wedad sacrifices herself and decides to sell herself as serf to another wealthy master.The Racket
IMDB 6.3 | Oct , 1951
The big national crime syndicate has moved into town, partnering up with local crime boss Nick Scanlon. McQuigg, the only honest police captain on the force, and his loyal patrolman, Johnson, take on the violent Nick.Shockproof
IMDB 6.3 | Jan , 1949
Jenny Marsh, recently released from prison for killing a man, finds herself under the watchful eye of her parole officer, Griff Marat, who helps her secure a job caring for his ailing mother.Champion
IMDB 6.7 | Apr , 1949
An unscrupulous boxer fights his way to the top, but eventually alienates all of the people who helped him on the way up.Wax Light
IMDB 0 | Oct , 1964
Deepa, a schizophrenic patient, loses her normalcy due to a mishap that occurred in her personal life. Dr. Surajit Sen takes this case as a challenge to prove that an injured mind needs more care and a better understanding than any medicine on therapy. The film portrays how the doctor gets intimate with his patient and slowly gets into the detail of her crisis and enables her to lead a normal life.Scandal Sheet
IMDB 6.9 | Jan , 1952
A tabloid editor assigns a young reporter to solve a murder the editor committed himself.The Woman in Question
IMDB 6.3 | Oct , 1950
Agnes "Astra" Huston, a fortune teller at a run-down fair, is found strangled in her bedroom. As the police question five suspects, their interactions with her are shown in flashbacks from their point of view.Mrs. Miniver
IMDB 7.1 | Jul , 1942
Middle-class housewife Kay Miniver deals with petty problems. She and her husband Clem watch her Oxford-educated son Vin court Carol Beldon, the charming granddaughter of the local nobility as represented by Lady Beldon. Then the war comes and Vin joins the RAF.Touchez Pas au Grisbi
IMDB 7.2 | Mar , 1954
Gentleman gangster Max and his partner, Riton, pull off their last, most successful heist and find themselves comfortable enough to retire in the style they enjoy. However, Max confides the details of the theft to his younger mistress, Josey -- who has secretly taken up with ambitious young rival gangster Angelo. Angelo then has Riton kidnapped and demands the stash of gold as ransom, which threatens Max's dreams of the perfect retirement.Pursued
IMDB 6.6 | Mar , 1947
A boy haunted by nightmares about the night his entire family was murdered is brought up by a neighboring family in the 1880s. He falls for his lovely adoptive sister but his nasty adoptive brother and mysterious uncle want him dead.Night Editor
IMDB 5.4 | Mar , 1946
A daily news editor recalls a married detective and the deadly woman behind his downfall.High Wall
IMDB 6.3 | Dec , 1947
Steven Kenet, suffering from a recurring brain injury, appears to have strangled his wife. Having confessed, he's committed to an understaffed county asylum full of pathetic inmates. There, Dr. Ann Lorrison is initially skeptical about Kenet's story and reluctance to undergo treatment. But against her better judgement, she begins to doubt his guilt.The Missing Juror
IMDB 6 | Nov , 1944
A newsman tracks down a phantom killer of murder-trial jurors.Public Hero Number 1
IMDB 6.1 | May , 1935
G-Man Jeff Crane poses as a crook to infiltrate the notorious Purple Gang, a band of hoodlums which preys upon other hoodlums. Orchestrating the jailbreak of the gang's leader, Crane joins him in a Dillinger-like flight across the country.Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
IMDB 6.5 | Sep , 1942
England, at the start of World War Two. Mysterious wireless broadcasts, apparently from Nazi Germany are heard over the BBC. They warn of acts of terror in England, just before they take place. Baffled, the Defense Committee call in Sherlock Holmes.The Hound of the Baskervilles
IMDB 7.1 | Mar , 1939
When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.Dead Men Are Dangerous
IMDB 5 | Feb , 1939
Unsuccessful writer Aylmer Franklyn takes the chance to change identities after he discovers a corpse. However, he soon finds himself accused of the murder of a maid at a near-by boarding house.