A sensational and high-octane but economically constructed drama set in a maximum-security penitentiary. Shot on location at Folsom State Prison, with real inmates and guards as extras.
1 videodisc (80 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in digital optical mono mono Dolby Digital videodisc Blu-ray video file Blu-Ray region A polychrome
Target Audience Note:
CHVR: NR
Notes:
Originally released as a motion picture in 1954 Special features: New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack; New audio commentary by film scholar Matthew H. Bernstein; Excerpts from the director's 1993 autobiography, A Siegel Film, read by his son Kristoffer Tabori; Excerpts from Stuart Kaminsky's 1974 book Don Siegel: Director, read by Tabori; Excerpts from the 1953 NBC radio documentary series "The challenge of our prisons" Director of photography, Russell Harlan ; editor, Bruce B. Pierce ; music, Herschel Gilbert Neville Brand, Emile Meyer, Frank Faylen, Leo Gordon, Robert Osterloch, Paul Frees, Don Keefer, Whit Bissell Blu-ray, region A, fullscreen (1.37:1); Dolby Digital mono; requires Blu-ray player; dual layer In English with optional English ubtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
