Behind the High Wall (1956)

Approved 01 Jul 1956 • Crime, Drama, Film-Noir • 1h 25m

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.

Abner Biberman
Director

Harold Jack Bloom, Richard K. Polimer, Wallace Sullivan
Writer

Tom Tully, Sylvia Sidney, Betty Lynn
Starring

Language: English
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Country: United States
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6.4

IMDb (258 votes)