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Genre
  
Crime, Drama

Director
  
Abner Biberman

Screenplay
  
Harold Jack Bloom

Language
  
English

7/10
IMDb

Duration
  

Running time
  
1h 25m

Country
  
United States

Behind the High Wall movie poster

Release date
  
1956

Writer
  
Harold Jack Bloom, Richard K. Polimer (story), Wallace Sullivan (story)

Story by
  
Wallace Sullivan, Richard K. Polimer

Cast
  
Tom Tully
(Warden Frank Carmichael),
Sylvia Sidney
(Hilda Carmichael),
Betty Lynn
(Anne MacGregor),
John Gavin
(Johnny Hutchins),
Don Beddoe
(Todd 'Mac' MacGregor),
John Larch
(William Kiley)

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,
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Tagline
  
The untold story of the BIG-HOUSE PRISON BREAK!

Behind the High Wall is a 1956 American film noir crime film directed by Abner Biberman starring Tom Tully and Sylvia Sidney.

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It featured an early performance by John Gavin who had just signed with Universal. It was sometimes referred to as his first film although he had appeared in Raw Edge under another name.

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Plot

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Inmates pull a prison break, taking the warden and another prisoner as hostages. But when the car gets into a crash, killing the others, the warden makes off with the gang's loot and places the blame on the other hostage.

Cast

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  • Tom Tully as Warden Carmichael
  • Sylvia Sidney as Hilda Carmichael
  • Betty Lynn as Anne MacGregor
  • John Gavin as Johnny Hutchins (as John Golenor)
  • Don Beddoe as Todd 'Mac' Macgregor
  • John Larch as William Kiley
  • Barney Phillips as Tom Renolds
  • Ed Kemmer as Charlie Rains
  • John Beradino as Carl Burkhardt
  • Rayford Barnes as George Miller (as Raymond Barnes)
  • Nicky Blair as Roy Burkhardt
  • David Garcia as Morgan
  • Peter Leeds as Detective
  • James Hyland as Detective (as Jim Hyland)

    • References

    Behind the High Wall Wikipedia
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