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Title: Riot in Cell Block 11- Released: 1954-02-18
- Genre: Crime, Drama
- Date: 1954-02-18
- Runtime: 80 Minutes
- Company: Allied Artists Pictures
- Language: English
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- Plot Keyword : Crime, Drama
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- Director: Russell Harlan, Walter Wanger, Don Siegel, Herschel Burke Gilbert, Richard Collins, Richard Collins, Bruce B. Pierce
Overview Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954):
A prisoner leads his counterparts in a protest for better living conditions which turns violent and ugly.Casts of Riot in Cell Block 11:
Neville Brand, Emile Meyer, Frank Faylen, Leo Gordon, Robert Osterloh, Paul Frees, Don Keefer, Alvy Moore, Dabbs Greer, Whit BissellRead More About Riot in Cell Block 11
www.noiroftheweek.comComing as a big surprise to me, the forgotten gem Riot in Cell Block 11 is being released by Criterion on DVD soon.
The film is a semi-documentary noir released in the early 1950s. The film documents a fictional riot at the famous California prison, Folsom.
The film has none of the dramatic shadows found in classic noir. It's shot like a documentary. No showy camera angles. But don't let the films look -- or its lack of stars keep you from seeing it. It's one of a kind.
Directer Don Siegel was still years away from becoming Eastwood's mentor and the director of slick 70s and 80s big-budget productions. Some film historians will tell you he made his mark in the 70s while learning his craft in the 40s and 50s. I think they might be wrong. Siegel directed some of the best noir -- many of which we've showcased here. They were Noir of the Week selections not because of the director, but because the films are just so good. The locked-room mystery The Verdict (1946), Mitchum's The Big Steal (1949), Count the Hours (1953), Ida Lupino in Private Hell #36 (1956), and Eli Wallach in The Lineup (1958) have all been written about here. All are outstanding. Those titles could put Siegel up there with some of the best noir directors. And I didn't even mention the still-imitated but never topped sci-fi noir Invasion of the Body Snatchers!
Riot in Cell Block 11 is a story ripped from today's headlines. It begins like other semi-documentary noirs with newsreel footage over a booming voice. The footage shows prison riots around the country.
The Folsom riot is started after mistreatment of prisoners. The combination of no-name actors and actual prisoners and prison personnel give the film a real feel. And it's shot on location.
My only criticism of the movie is they downplayed some of the horrors of prison life. The filmmakers do a bit of a soft shoe and doesn't show any real brutality. It's certainly not hopeful like Shawshank Redemption, but it's surprising the film doesn't get into corruption or some of the real problems facing prisoners back then. Surprising because the producer just spent some real hard time in lockup.
Producer Walter Wanger just got out of jail after serving four months for shooting his wife's "paramour." His wife? None other than Joan (The Woman in the Window) Bennett. Wanger was a wildly successful producer but financial woes after starting his own production company and, yeah, shooting a guy end all the good times for a while. When he was released in '51 he managed to secure a 5-million dollar deal with Allied Artists and made the modest Riot in Cell Block 11.
Like many noirs, sometimes the story behind the film is as interesting as the movie. Not only did Wanger just get out of jail, but one of his stars also did some real hard time. Leo Gordon served a stretch in San Quentin for armed robbery. Legend has it Gordon was strip searched by prison guards every day he showed up for shooting Riot in Cell Block 11. Guards knew his reputation as a prisoner in San Quentin. Siegel called him, "The scariest man he ever met!" He's the guy in the trailer in a tank top flipping a knife into a guy's chest.
Leo Gordon threatens Whit Bissell in Riot in Cell Block 11
Western and noir fans will recognize Neville Brand from DOA and countless oaters, Emile Meyer is the prison warden, Frank Faylen -- the cabbie in It's a Wonderful Life -- makes an appearance, and timid Whit Bissell -- of all people -- as the sadistic screw.
But most will recognize none and just enjoy a gritty, brutal film with a bittersweet but highly appropriate ending. Audiences did in the 1950s as this film played in theaters for years after it's release.
By the way, you may confuse this film with the other Folsom prison movie, 1951's Inside the Walls of Folsom with Steve Cochran. The earlier film is the first to be filmed in the famous lock up -- and Johnny Cash's inspiration. It's a Warner Bros. film and has much more of the traditional noir style than Riot in Cell Block 11. It also shows Folsom as a harsher, scarier place. It -- not unlike the great Brute Force -- shows the prisoners in a much more positive light than the guards and warden. Maybe when it came down to making another movie at Folsom prison officials made it clear that they wanted the production team to tone it down. Even so, Riot in Cell Block 11 is the better of the two films and a worthwhile choice by Criterion.
Riot in Cell Block 11 1954 IMDb ~ Riot in Cell Block 11 Not Rated 1h 20min Crime Drama FilmNoir 28 February 1954 USA Fed up with the inhumane prison living conditions a general prison riot breaks out leading to hostagetaking a standoff with the guards and eventual negotiations with the prison administration officials
Riot in Cell Block 11 1954 Rotten Tomatoes ~ fontCentury GothicDirected by Don Siegel Riot in Cell Block 11 is a taut and earnest social drama about a prison riot set off to demonstrate the poor conditions and overcrowding in a
Riot in Cell Block 11 Wikipedia ~ Riot in Cell Block 11 is a 1954 film noir crime film directed by Don Siegel and starring Neville Brand Emile Meyer Frank Faylen Leo Gordon and Robert Osterloh Quentin Tarantino called it the best prison film ever made
Riot in Cell Block 11 Criterion Collection ~ Riot in Cell Block 11 Criterion Collection Bluray DVD Neville Brand Actor Emile Meyer Actor Don Siegel Director
Riot in Cell Block 11 Neville Brand Emile ~ Starkly shot in an unused part of Folsom prison with perfect casting of many unknowns and great character actors of the time director Don Siegel and producer Walter Wanger communicate a vivid variety of inmates in prison crowded understaffed conditions as a riot erupts in cell block 11
Riot In Cell Block 11 Movie Reviews and Movie Ratings ~ A powerful and intelligent prison film RIOT IN CELL BLOCK 11 concerns an uprising of Folsom Prison inmates led by Brand The prisoners purpose in revolting is not to escape incarceration but
Riot in Cell Block 11 1954 Full Cast Crew IMDb ~ Riot in Cell Block 11 1954 cast and crew credits including actors actresses directors writers and more
New to Criterion Riot In Cell Block 11 is at once an ~ Shot on location in Folsom State Prison Riot In Cell Block 11 was as much the brainchild of producer Walter Wanger as of director Don Siegel—a fact reflected in Wanger’s prominent and highly unusual possessive credit on the front cover of the new Criterion release Wanger had just done a fourmonth stretch in prison for shooting his wife’s agent with whom he believed she was having
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