Film · TMDB
7.3Timeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins' dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he possibly bust out of Munsey's chains?
Released: 1947-07-1698 minDir: Jules DassinCrime, Drama, Thriller
Cast
- Burt Lancaster as Joe Collins
- Hume Cronyn as Capt. Munsey
- Charles Bickford as Gallagher
- Yvonne De Carlo as Gina Ferrara
- Ann Blyth as Ruth
- Ella Raines as Cora Lister
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Ratings · OMDb
IMDb
7.5/10
12,259 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
95%
Metacritic
80/100
- Rated
- Approved
- Awards
- 4 wins total
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Key dates
- Published
- 1 January 1947
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- prison film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Jules Dassin
- Screenwriter
- Richard Brooks
- Cast member
- Ray Teal
- Composer
- Miklós Rózsa
- Producer
- Mark Hellinger
- Cinematographer
- William H. Daniels