Riot (1969)
 


Release Date:12 May 1969
Genre:Drama
Tagline:They exploded the ugliest riot in prison history to cover their
dangerous, desperate break for freedom.

Cast:
 Jim Brown ...  Cully Briston
 Gene Hackman ...  Red Fraker
 Mike Kellin ...  Bugsy
 Gerald S. O'Loughlin ...  Grossman
 Ben Carruthers ...  Surefoot
 Clifford David ...  Mary Sheldon
 Bill Walker ...  Jake
 Jerry Thompson ...  Fisk
 Ricky Summers ...  Gravel Gertie
 Mr. Gerri ...  Queen #1
 John Neiderhauser ...  Queen #2
 Warden Frank A. Eyman ...  The Warden 
 
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Runtime:96 min
Country:USA
Language:English
Color:Color (Technicolor)
Sound Mix:Mono
Certification:Australia:M / Norway:16 / Spain:13 / Sweden:15 / USA:R
Filming Locations:Yuma Territorial Prison State Park - 206 N.
Fourth Avenue, Yuma, Arizona, USA
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Company:William Castle Productions
 
Small budget movie,which Gene Hackman's fans might want to
see.Its main originality lies in the fact that it does not show life in
prison,but the inmates' revenge ,after a few wardens have been held
hostages .The prisoners try to fool the prison authorities as they write
a petition in order to improve their living conditions in jail while digging
a tunnel .But it's many a mile to freedom .Not as good as Siegel's
"escape from Alcatraz" (both movies are reportedly true stories)
Very violent ,mainly in the second half.
 
Note:the movie was produced by William Castle with a score by
Christopher Komeda.This team worked on "Rosemary's baby" the
year before.And "Riot" music resembles that of "Rosemary".Notably,
the sequence when the men are walking through the tunnel uses almost
the same music as the sequence when Rosemary ,with a knife in her hand,
walks across the corridor that leads to the Castevet's apartment.


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