Directed by:
Jules DassinScreenplay:
Richard BrooksCinematography:
William H. DanielsComposer:
Miklós RózsaCast:
Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn, Charles Bickford, Yvonne De Carlo, Ann Blyth, Ella Raines, Anita Colby, Sam Levene, Jeff Corey, John Hoyt, Vince Barnett (more)Plots(1)
Burt Lancaster is Joe Collins, one of a number of convicts squeezed into cell R17 intent on staging a prison break. Not only does he need to return to the side of his cancer-ridden wife (Ann Blyth), he also wants to escape the clutches of sadistic warden Captain Munsey (an unforgettable performance from Hume Cronyn) who enjoys a reign of terror over the inmates. (Arrow Academy)
(more)Cast
![Burt Lancaster](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/384/164384699_2ca976.png)
Burt Lancaster
USA
Best movies:
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
The Life of Verdi (1982) (series)
1900 (1976)
![Hume Cronyn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/789/163789612_31b5e0.jpg)
Hume Cronyn
Canada
Best movies:
Cleopatra (1963)
12 Angry Men (1997) (TV movie)
Brute Force (1947)
![Charles Bickford](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272321_be30ed.jpg)
Charles Bickford
USA
Best movies:
Of Mice and Men (1939)
The Big Country (1958)
Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
![Yvonne De Carlo](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/280/280895_212b31.jpg)
Yvonne De Carlo
Canada
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Roots (1977) (series)
Band of Angels (1957)
![Ann Blyth](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/576/165576583_46e5d9.jpg)
Ann Blyth
USA
Best movies:
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Brute Force (1947)
Thunder on the Hill (1951)
![Ella Raines](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/843/163843288_6da5cd.jpg)
Ella Raines
USA
Best movies:
Brute Force (1947)
Phantom Lady (1944)
Tall in the Saddle (1944)
![Anita Colby](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/612/162612401_1b0850.jpg)
Anita Colby
USA
Best movies:
Brute Force (1947)
Cover Girl (1944)
Mary of Scotland (1936)
![Sam Levene](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/120/455/120455767_17e517.jpg)
Sam Levene
Russian Empire
Best movies:
After the Thin Man (1936)
...And Justice for All (1979)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
![Jeff Corey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/871/164871666_c9eb1b.png)
Jeff Corey
USA
Best movies:
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Little Big Man (1970)
In Cold Blood (1967)
![John Hoyt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/036/677/36677235_9136bf.jpg)
John Hoyt
USA
Best movies:
Spartacus (1960)
Cleopatra (1963)
Julius Caesar (1953)
![Vince Barnett](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/496/496842_f4803d.jpg)
Vince Barnett
USA
Best movies:
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
After the Thin Man (1936)
Scarface (1932)
![Jay C. Flippen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/987/157987354_8bbbfd.jpg)
Jay C. Flippen
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Killing (1956)
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
![Richard Gaines](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/587/161587950_f8558d.jpg)
Richard Gaines
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Double Indemnity (1944)
![James Bell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/497/160497880_c345e9.jpg)
James Bell
USA
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
Brute Force (1947)
![Howard Duff](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/500/500021_fed891.jpg)
Howard Duff
USA
Best movies:
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
East of Eden (1981) (series)
Roman Bohnen
USA
Best movies:
Of Mice and Men (1939)
Song of Love (1947)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Art Smith
USA
Best movies:
In a Lonely Place (1950)
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
Edge of Darkness (1943)
![Frank Puglia](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/148/160148377_bdaba9.jpg)
Frank Puglia
Italy
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Casablanca (1942)
![Whit Bissell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/046/576/46576503_d682ec.jpg)
Whit Bissell
USA
Best movies:
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
The Defiant Ones (1958)
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
![Claudette Colbert](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/339/164339131_abedb0.png)
Claudette Colbert
France
Best movies:
It Happened One Night (1934)
Midnight (1939)
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)