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Behind the High Wall (1956)

The untold story of the BIG-HOUSE PRISON BREAK!

5.5(12)1h 25mJuly 1, 1956

Crime Drama Thriller

Abner Biberman

Director

Richard K. Polimer, Wallace Sullivan, Harold Jack Bloom

Writers

Rate

Diary

Overview

A group prison breakout goes from bad to worse when the desperate warden tries to steal the gang's dough.

Cast

Tom Tully

Frank Carmichael

Sylvia Sidney

Hilda Carmichael

Betty Lynn

Anne MacGregor

John Gavin

Johnny Hutchins

Don Beddoe

Behind the High Wall · Cinemalant

Todd 'Mac' MacGregor

John Larch

William Kiley

Barney Phillips

Tom Reynolds

Ed Kemmer

Charlie Rains

John Beradino

Carl Burkhardt

Rayford Barnes

George Miller

Peter Leeds

First Detective

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Status: Released
Original language: English
Release date: July 1, 1956
Production: Universal International Pictures
Country: United States of America

Keywords

prisonprison escapefilm noirb movie

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