Behind the High Wall

Year: 1956

Actors: Tom Tully, Sylvia Sidney, Betty Lynn, John Gavin, Don Beddoe, John Larch, Barney Phillips, ...

Duration: 85 min

A group of convicts break out of prison, killing a guard, kidnapping the warden and forcing a reluctant inmate to accompany them. However, when a car accident kills everyone except the warden and the inmate hostage, the warden steals $100,000 of the gang's money, then when police arrive he accuses the inmate of the guard's murder in order to cover up his own crime.

Genre: Crime   Drama   Film-Noir