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With Neville Brand, Emile Meyer, Frank Faylen, Leo Gordon. Fed up with the inhumane prison living conditions, a general prison riot breaks out, leading to hostage-taking, a stand-off with the guards and eventual negotiations with the prison administration officials.
- (2.4K)
- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Don Siegel
- 1954-02-28
Riot in Cell Block 11 is a 1954 American film noir crime film directed by Don Siegel and starring Neville Brand, Emile Meyer, Frank Faylen, Leo Gordon and Robert Osterloh. Director Quentin Tarantino called it "the best prison film ever made."
Rent Riot in Cell Block 11 on Prime Video, or buy it on Prime Video. Inmates and the warden (Emile Meyer) face off in a hostage crisis, with the media watching.
- (15)
- Neville Brand, Emile Meyer, Frank Faylen
- Don Siegel
- Action
Riot in Cell Block 11, the brainchild of producer extraordinaire Walter Wanger, is a ripped-from-the-headlines social-problem picture about inmates’ rights that was inspired by a recent spate of uprisings in American prisons.
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Sep 26, 2015 · Title: Riot in Cell Block 11. Summary: Fed up with the inhumane prison living conditions, a general prison riot breaks out, leading to hostage-taking, a stand-off with the guards and eventual negotiations with the prison administration officials. Directed by: Don Siegel. Actors: Neville Brand, Emile Meyer, Frank Faylen.
- 81 min
- 2.3K
Riot in Cell Block 11, American low-budget crime film, released in 1954, that offers a critical look at the prison system in the United States. It was inspired by a real-life Hollywood incident. A group of convicts—led by James Dunn (played by Neville Brand) and Crazy Mike Carnie (Leo Gordon)—stage.
Apr 21, 2014 · Riot in Cell Block 11: States of Exception. A s a liberal film of its time, Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954) addressed itself to the public, which it held ultimately responsible for the conditions that made prison riots a hot issue in the United States in the 1950s. The narrative, which producer Walter Wanger and screenwriter Richard Collins ...
