Directed by:
Don SiegelScreenplay:
Richard CollinsCinematography:
Russell HarlanComposer:
Herschel Burke GilbertCast:
Neville Brand, Emile Meyer, Frank Faylen, Robert Osterloh, Paul Frees, Alvy Moore, Dabbs Greer, Whit Bissell, Don Keefer, James Anderson, Carleton Young (more)VOD (1)
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In December 1951, distinguished Hollywood producer Walter Wanger caused a scandal when, in a fit of jealousy, he wounded talent agent Jennings Lang, whom he suspected of having an affair with his then wife, actress Joan Bennett, by shooting him twice. Fortunately Lang was not seriously hurt, and Wanger was sentenced to four months’ imprisonment for his act. As it turned out, this experience had a great influence on the director, and two years later it resulted in the impressive prison drama Riot in Cell Block 11. The film, directed by action drama specialist Don Siegel, engages the viewer’s attention with its uncompromising, direct style and high level of violence, as well as its urgent criticism of the conditions of life behind the prison walls. Siegel’s crew operated in the premises of Folsom State Prison in California, and the use of actual convicts and prison officers in episodic roles also contributed to strengthening the authentic impression. (Noir Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Neville Brand
USA
Best movies:
Stalag 17 (1953)
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
Emile Meyer
USA
Best movies:
Paths of Glory (1957)
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
Frank Faylen
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Edison, the Man (1940)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Robert Osterloh
USA
Best movies:
Inherit the Wind (1960)
White Heat (1949)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Paul Frees
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
In Cold Blood (1967)
Grand Prix (1966)
Alvy Moore
USA
Best movies:
Here Come the Littles (1985)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954)
Dabbs Greer
USA
Best movies:
The Green Mile (1999)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Storm Warning (1951)
Whit Bissell
USA
Best movies:
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
The Defiant Ones (1958)
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
Don Keefer
USA
Best movies:
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
James Anderson
USA
Best movies:
Little Big Man (1970)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Pressure Point (1962)
Carleton Young
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
Spartacus (1960)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
William Schallert
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
Harry Lauter
USA
Best movies:
White Heat (1949)
The Big Heat (1953)
Showdown (1963)
Leo Gordon
USA
Best movies:
Maverick (1994)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
Guns for the Dictator (1965)
Robin Morse
USA
Best movies:
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Stalag 17 (1953)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Robert Patten
USA
Best movies:
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
Airport (1970)
Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
Ralph Brooks
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
It Started with Eve (1941)
William Newell
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Fury (1936)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Robert Bice
USA
Best movies:
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
Jonathan Hole
USA
Best movies:
The Graduate (1967)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Split (1968)