Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954) - little known film noir directed by Don Siegel, starring Neville Brand, Emile Meyer, Frank Faylen and Leo Gordon

Rating 7.0/10
Runtime: 81 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Don Siegel
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047417/

Cast

Neville Brand ... James V. Dunn
Emile Meyer ... Warden Reynolds
Frank Faylen ... Commissioner Haskell
Leo Gordon ... Crazy Mike Carnie
Robert Osterloh ... The Colonel
Paul Frees ... Monroe
Don Keefer ... Reporter
Alvy Moore ... Gator

Description: Movie producer, Walter Wanger, who did time, 4 months, after shooting a man he believed was having an affair with his wife, wanted to make a film which showed the appalling conditions he saw whilst incarcerated. Working with Don Siegel, they wrote this film. In protest to the brutal guards, substandard food, overcrowding and poor living conditions, inmates stage an uprising and take several guards hostage. Negotiations between the inmates and prison officials are stymied, by politicians interfering with the prison administration and by dissension and infighting amongst the inmates.

Screens:

Download link (torrent file):

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Video and audio information:

Video : 1.95 GB, 3459 KBps, 23.976 fps, 790x576 (1.37:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 157
Audio : 60/37 MB (main/commentary), 103/65 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1/1 channel, 0x55 = AAC/AAC, CBR/VBR


Subtitles (English closed captions embedded in a movie, to play them choose Subtitle=>Sub Track in VLC Player and separate English, Spanish, Portuguese-Brazilian, French, Greek) posters and screenshots included


Double audio track information

This movie contains two audio tracks, one is original English, and the other is commentary by film scholar Matthew H. Bernstein. You can use VLC Player to easily choose between any of audio tracks (Audio => Audio track and switch to main audio track on Track 1, additional track on Track 2)