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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."
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.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Don Siegel
- 1954-02-28
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Riot in Cell Block 11 - Full Cast & Crew. This hard-hitting prison melodrama admirably avoids the usual cliches. Neville Brand. Warden: Emile Meyer. Haskell: Frank Faylen. Carnie: Leo...
- Don Siegel
Riot in Cell Block 11 Released Feb 18, 1954 1h 20m Action List 100% Tomatometer 15 Reviews 76% Audience Score 100+ Ratings Inmates and the warden (Emile Meyer) face off in a hostage...
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- 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.
The inmates, who are sick of living conditions which include rundown cells, brutal guards, dreadful food, and the presence of the seriously deranged in the general prison population, decide to ...
