Behind the High Wall (1956)
Directed by Abner Biberman

Crime / Drama

Film Synopsis

As they break out of prison, a party of convicts kill a guard and take a warden and another inmate hostage. In the getaway, the convicts' car crashes and only the two hostages survive. The warden steals the convicts' ill-gotten gains and tells the police that the inmate hostage was involved in the break-out...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Abner Biberman
  • Script: Harold Jack Bloom, Richard K. Polimer (story), Wallace Sullivan (story)
  • Cinematographer: Maury Gertsman
  • Cast: Tom Tully (Warden Frank Carmichael), Sylvia Sidney (Hilda Carmichael), Betty Lynn (Anne MacGregor), John Gavin (Johnny Hutchins), Don Beddoe (Todd 'Mac' MacGregor), John Larch (William Kiley), Barney Phillips (Tom Reynolds), Ed Kemmer (Charlie Rains), John Beradino (Carl Burkhardt), Nicky Blair (Roy Burkhardt), Raymond Barnes (George Miller), George Barrows (Guard), William Boyett (Policeman), Ralph Brooks (Prison Guard), Roy Darmour (Guard), William Forrest (Corby), David Garcia (Morgan), Phil Harvey (Inmate), James Hyland (Detective), Paul Keast (Jim Hardy)
  • Country: USA
  • Language: English
  • Support: Black and White
  • Runtime: 85 min

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