Revolt in the Big House (1958)

Directed by

R. G. Springsteen

Genre

prison film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 19m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A convict inside Folsom State Prison gets caught up in a plot to break out. The warden tries to keep order as tensions rise among the inmates.

tensegrimclaustrophobicgrittysuspensefulbleaknoirish

What happens

Revolt in the Big House is a 1958 American film noir directed by R. G. Springsteen and starring Gene Evans, Robert Blake and Timothy Carey. Portions of the film were shot on location at Folsom State Prison in California. Blacklisted screenwriter Daniel Lewis James was listed in the onscreen credits as Daniel Hyatt. In 1998 his credit was reinstated under his real name as the film's cowriter by the Writers Guild of America. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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