Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison (1951)
1951 · Feature film · 87 min · dir. Crane Wilbur
1000 convicts as dangerous as dynamite ... with a killer-warden who lit the fuse !
- Crime
- Drama
Synopsis
Another in a unrelated series of Warner's penitentiary tours in three different decades. This one is California's notorious Folsom Prison prior to its 1944 reformation make-over. Ben Rickey, the prison's sadistic old-school warden who believes that the prison system if for punishment rather than reformation, rules Folsom with an iron-hand. He highly resents his university-trained assistant, Mark Benson, who does not share Rickey's beliefs. Rickey, hoping the results will be disastrous, gives…
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Details
- Director
- Crane Wilbur
- Writer
- Crane Wilbur
- Composer
- William Lava
- Cinematography
- Edwin B. DuPar
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Released
- 1951-05-18
- Running time
- 87 minutes
Cast & crew
Crane Wilbur Director
Steve Cochran
David Brian
Philip Carey
Ted de Corsia
Scott Forbes
Michael Tolan
Dick Wesson
Paul Picerni
