The read
A Balasaur Score of 80 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 95%, Metacritic 80/100. Scores higher than 75% of the 118 1940s crime movies in this catalog. Streaming on Max.
Synopsis
Timeworn 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?
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes95%
Metacritic80/100
219 audience votes
Key crew
- Jules DassinDirector
- Richard BrooksScreenplay
- Miklós RózsaOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Burt LancasterJoe Collins
- Hume CronynCapt. Munsey
- Charles BickfordGallagher
- Yvonne De CarloGina Ferrara
- Ann BlythRuth
- Ella RainesCora Lister
- Anita ColbyFlossie
- Sam LeveneLouie Miller #7033
- Jeff Corey'Freshman' Stack
- John HoytSpencer
- Jack OvermanKid Coy
- Roman BohnenWarden A.J. Barnes
Stills
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Themes
prison cellprison guardfilm noirblack and whiteprison riot
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