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- Essentially a social comment film about the poor conditions in prisons, 'Riot in Cell Block 11' doesn't force its point with cliches and manages to be an effective 'B' Movie. The storyline starts quickly with a group of prisoners taking their warders hostage and barricading themselves in their cell block.
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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 crisis, with...
- (15)
- Neville Brand, Emile Meyer, Frank Faylen
- Don Siegel
- Action
Riot in Cell Block 11 is the best prison movie produced in years. Full Review | Sep 19, 2014. As Dunn and Crazy Mike, the leaders of the riot, Neville Brand and Leo Gordon convincingly...
Riot in Cell Block 11. 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.
- (2.5K)
- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Don Siegel
- 1954-02-28
- Image/sound
- Extras
- Overall
Riot in Cell Block 11makes the prestigious jump from VHS straight to Blu-ray courtesy of the Criterion Collection, who also include the film in standard definition on a second disc. For its part, the 1080p presentation looks wonderful, with noticeable texture and grain supporting balanced contrast and sharp, gritty detail. Moments of sunlit exterio...
An odd assortment of extras (identical on both discs) are included with the package. The main takeaway is the informative and well researched audio commentary by film scholar Matthew H. Bernstein, who speaks consistently through the entirety of the film about its origins and the unique team of talent brought on board to realize the project. Meanwhi...
A rousing mid-’50s B movie with a thoroughly American topicality, Riot in Cell Block 11set both the thematic template and aesthetic model for Don Siegel’s career, and it receives an appropriately sharp, gritty presentation from Criterion.
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."
Neville Brand, with a gravelly voice and a build like a Sherman tank, is perfectly cast as the group leader and negotiator. The movie is based on a story of an actual prison riot in the 1950s, and producer Walter Wanger's experiences as an inmate.
Apr 8, 2014 · 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. In Siegel’s hands, the film, shot on location at Folsom State Prison, with real inmates and guards as extras, is at ...
