A young guard and a college professor convicted of manslaughter both start their first day in prison.A young guard and a college professor convicted of manslaughter both start their first day in prison.A young guard and a college professor convicted of manslaughter both start their first day in prison.
- Won 1 Primetime Emmy
- 2 wins & 4 nominations total
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- TriviaAlan Alda on his autobiography "Never Have Your Dog Stuffed - and Other Things I've Learned" claims that this movie was shot in real prison with real prisoners as extras. During the filming of the movie, its director Tom Gries made jokes with prisoners that they should take Alan Alda as their hostage because that is the only way they can escape from prison. On the last day of shooting, two prisoners approached Alda and put an improvised knife on his throat telling him that he is their hostage. Luckily prison guard arrived shortly after and carefully negotiated with prisoners to let Alan Alda go. They let him loose telling him that they were just joking. Alda also states that no prisoner was punished for the incident.
- GoofsThe word 'fictitious' is misspelled as 'ficticious' during the opening disclaimer.
- Crazy credits[prologue] "This motion picture was filmed entirely in a state prison. Most of the faces and voices are those of actual prisoners. The story and characters are fictitious, but the situations are real".
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 24th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1972)
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Exceptional early tv
I wish I had the video in my library but it's very hard to find...Rented copies are suspected 'pirated' copies from tv. Very poor quality. This is Morrow's best role. Alda's best role and Gulager's best role. The most believable prison movie ever made. No heroes here just heavy reality crammed into 90 minutes on network tv! Makes "The Shawshank Redemption" look like "Mary Poppins". Kudos to Morrow (the most vile characterization ever captured on film). Think "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" without the comic relief. Too depressing to make my top 10 list but it's in the top 20.
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- Apr 2, 1999
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