Crime / Drama /

Score: 48%( 6 votes )

Overview: After his death sentence is commuted to life in prison, John Resko is transferred from Sing-Sing to Dannemora where, with the help of a humane prison guard, he becomes a rehabilitated man and a successful painter.

Cast:

Ben Gazzara
John Resko

Stuart Whitman
Principal Keeper

Ray Walston
Iggy

Vincent Price
Carl Carmer

Rod Steiger
Tiptoes

Broderick Crawford
Warden

Dodie Stevens
Resko's Sister

Jack Kruschen
Resko's Father

Sammy Davis Jr.
Wino

Naomi Stevens
Resko's Mother

Adam Williams
Guard

Jack Albertson
Teach

John Kellogg
Guard

Robert H. Harris
Commissioner

Carmen Phillips
Connie Resko

Timothy Carey
Nick

Myron Healey
Gunther

Lee Krieger
Stanley

Josip Elic
Vic the Barber

Arthur Malet
Storekeeper

Robert Christopher
Guard

Reggie Nalder
Greer

Kreg Martin
Guard

Susan Silo
Cathy (as an adult)

Tom Gilson
Lefty

Roland La Starza
Duke

Warren J. Kemmerling
Guard

Andy Albin
Inmate

John Close
Guard

John Dennis
Cell Block Guard

Billy Varga
Guard

Burt Lange
Gallery Man

Vincent Barbi
Painter (uncredited)

Peter Besbas
Sculptor (uncredited)

John Dierkes
Cell Block Guard (uncredited)

Bobby Gilbert
Sculptor (uncredited)

Sid Kane
Sculptor (uncredited)

Lenny Kent
Painter (uncredited)

Johnny Kern
Convict (uncredited)

Ernesto Molinari
Sculptor (uncredited)

Norman Nazarr
Sculptor (uncredited)

Norman Stevans
Sculptor (uncredited)

Robert Swimmer
Guard (uncredited)

Robert White
Guard (uncredited)