Joe Collins, an inmate of Westgate prison, schemes with a group of convicts to breakout. He's intent on reaching his love, who does not know he's in prison but will not have a lifesaving operation until he's at her side. The escape plan goes awry when Capt. Munsey, the prison guard and Joe's enemy, gets a tip-off and greets them in a machine-gun shoot out.
DVD Features:
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital Mono 1.0 - English
Subtitles - English - Closed Captioned
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary - Alain Silver, James Ursini
Interview - Paul Mason
Trailers - Theatrical Trailer
Text/Photo Galleries:
Stills/Photos
Cinematographer
William Daniels: Emmy winning actor
Screenplay
Richard Brooks: American Director/ Screenwriter 1940s-80s
Review 1:
Rating: B
Source: Entertainment Weekly
p.77 02/05/1999
Review 2:
"...[Hume Cronyn's] most memorable screen role..." -- 3 1/2 out of 4 stars
Source: USA Today
p.5D 01/31/1996
Review 3:
"It's a stark, nihilistic anti-fascist allegory built around the repellent figure of Hume Cronyn's slipper, sadistic warden and the young Burt Lancaster's anguished grace."
Source: Sight and Sound
p.89 07/01/2007