Convicts 4 - DVD

Emmy Awardwinner Ben Gazzara Happiness The Big Lebowski portrays a convicted killer who when he receives a reprieve from a date with the electric chair goes on to find redemption in prison. An allstar cast provides strong support in this drama based on a true story. Also starring Emmy Awardwinner Ray Walston TVs Picket Fences Fast Times at Ridgemont High Academy Awardwinner Rod Steiger In the Heat of the Night On the Waterfront Academy Awardwinner Broderick Crawford All the Kings Men Born Yesterday and Hollywood legends Sammy Davis Jr. Oceans Eleven Robin and the Seven Hoods and Vincent Price Edward Scissorhands House on Haunted Hill. Written and directed by Academy Awardnominee Millard Kaufman Bad Day at Black Rock Raintree County. Ben Gazzara portrays a convicted killer who when he receives a reprieve from a date with the electric chair goes on to find redemption in prison. Based on a true story. Based on the autobiography of convicted killer John Resko played here by Ben Gazzara this routine biographical drama looks at the crucial years between 1931 and 1949 in the convicts life. That period begins when Resko is convicted of killing a store owner and is sentenced to life in prison. After his arrival in prison Resko eventually gets involved in creating art an activity that leads to a transformation in his character. That change became evident enough to garner the attention of the powersthatbe and by 1949 Resko receives a pardon. The prison system is shown as improving between the killers first internment and his release which in itself might make some viewers wonder what happened then in the years between 1949 and the present. Eleanor Mannikka Rovi. Genre: Drama. SubGenre: Classics. Release Date: 7 September 2010. Directed By: Millard Kaufman. Studio: WHV ARCHIVE WHVA . Running Time: 105. Region: 0. Display: Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV. Audio: Dolby Digital Mono English. Discs: 1. Format: NTSC. Cast: Adam Williams2nd Guard Andy AlbinCon Arthur MaletStorekeeper Ben GazzaraJohn Resko Broderick CrawfordWarden Carmen PhillipsReskos Wife Count Billy VargaGuard Dodie StevensReskos Sister Jack AlbertsonArt Teacher Jack KruschenReskos Father John Close6th Guard John DennisCell Block Guard John Kellogg1st Guard Josip ElicBarber Lee KriegerStanley Myron HealeyGunther Naomi StevensReskos Mother Ray WalstonIggy Reggie NalderGreer Robert Christopher3rd Guard Robert HarrisCommissionar Rod SteigerTiptoes Sammy Davis Jr.Wino Stuart WhitmanPrincipal Keeper Susan SiloReskos Daughter Timothy CareyNick Tom GilsonLefty Vincent PriceCarl Carmer Warren Kemmerling4th Guard. Crew: Art Director:Howard Richmond Cinematographer:Joseph Biroc Composer Music Score:Leonard Rosenman Director:Millard Kaufman Producer:A. Ronald Lubin Screenwriter:Millard Kaufman. Extras: WsDvdR Nr Clr Dvd Mod. Dimensions: 7.5L x 0.5H x 5.4W.