Gritty prison thriller starring Burt Lancaster as Joe Collins, an inmate at the tough and overcrowded Westgate Penitentiary, where power-hungry prison guard Captain Munsey (Hume Cronyn) rules with fear and violence. After the suicide of one of the prisoners, prompted by Munsey's sadistic bullying, Joe Collins and his cellmates devise a plan for mutiny and escape.
Director: Jules Dassin
Producer: Mark Hellinger
Writer: Richard Brooks
Music: Miklós Rózsa
Actor: Burt Lancaster
Actor: Hume Cronyn
Actor: Charles Bickford
Actor: Yvonne De Carlo
Actor: Ann Blyth
Actor: Ella Raines
Actor: Anita Colby
Actor: Sam Levene
Actor: Jeff Corey
Actor: John Hoyt
Actor: Jack Overman