Convicts 4 (1962)
They'll Blow Every Fuse in the Big House!
After his death sentence is commuted to life in prison, John Resko is transferred from Sing-Sing to Dannemora where, with the help of a humane prison guard, he becomes a rehabilitated man and a successful painter.
- Date of release
- 1962-09-15
- TMDB
- 5.1 / 10 (8)
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Director
- Millard Kaufman
Casting
- Ben Gazzara — John Resko
- Stuart Whitman — Principal Keeper
- Ray Walston — Iggy
- Vincent Price — Carl Carmer
- Rod Steiger — Tiptoes
- Broderick Crawford — Warden
- Dodie Stevens — Resko's Sister
- Jack Kruschen — Resko's Father
- Sammy Davis Jr. — Wino
- Naomi Stevens — Resko's Mother
- Adam Williams — Guard
- Jack Albertson — Teach
Interesting facts
Convicts 4, also known as Reprieve, is a 1962 American neo noir crime film starring Ben Gazzara and directed by Millard Kaufman. The film is a fictionalized version of the life of death row convict John Resko, who wrote his autobiography: Reprieve.
Production
Resko was technical advisor of the film, whose prison sequences were filmed at Folsom State Prison. Sammy Davis Jr. put on a show for the actual inmates after filming.
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