Fresh
Riot in Cell Block 11 is a hard-hitting, suspenseful prison thriller.
Variety Staff, Variety
Riot in Cell Block 11
FILMED ON THE SPOT BEHIND PRISON WALLS!
1954 · 1h 20m · NOT RATED
Crime, Drama
Directed by
Don Siegel
Overview
A prisoner leads his counterparts in a protest for better living conditions which turns violent and ugly.
Director and cast
- Don Siegel Director
- Neville Brand as James V. Dunn
- Emile Meyer as Warden Reynolds
- Frank Faylen as Commissioner Haskell
- Leo Gordon as Crazy Mike Carnie
- Robert Osterloh as The Colonel
- Paul Frees as Guard Monroe
- Don Keefer as Reporter
- Alvy Moore as Gator
- Dabbs Greer as Schuyler
- Whit Bissell as Guard Snader
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
100%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The grim business of melodrama behind prison walls, so often depicted in standard, banal fashion in films, is given both tension and dignity in Riot in Cell Block 11.
A.H. Weiler, New York Times
Fresh
A riveting movie.
Tom Milne, Time Out
Fresh
One of the best of all prison pictures.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Fresh
Riot in Cell Block 11 is the best prison movie produced in years.
TIME Magazine
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