Four Men in Prison (1950)

Part of BFI collection "Police and Thieves."

Date of release
1950-12-31
Runtime
40m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Max Anderson

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: HM Prison Wakefield

Four Men In Prison is a 1950 semi-documentary short film about English prison conditions directed by Max Anderson and produced by John Grierson. Filmed at Wakefield Prison, it was commissioned for the purpose of educating people involved in criminal justice.

Production

The film was made for educational purposes by the Central Office of Information to be shown privately to magistrates and others who were involved in administering criminal justice.The Home Office initiated production of the film, which cost £16,000. It was one of three produced under Donald Taylor at the Crown Film Unit and completed in 1950.

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