Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Moderate
The story
A charming but ruthless criminal is sent to a remote Arizona prison, where he enlists the help of his cellmates in an escape attempt with the promise of sharing his hidden loot.
- prison
- prison escape
- criminal
- warden
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Kirk Douglas
Paris Pitman, Jr.
Henry Fonda
Woodward W. Lopeman
Hume Cronyn
Dudley Whinner
Warren Oates
Floyd Moon
- Burgess Meredith — The Missouri Kid
- John Randolph — Cyrus McNutt
- Lee Grant — Mrs. Bullard
- Arthur O'Connell — Mr. Lomax
- Martin Gabel — Warden LeGoff
- Michael Blodgett — Coy Cavendish
- C.K. Yang — Ah-Ping
- Alan Hale Jr. — Tobaccy
- Victor French — Whiskey
- Claudia McNeil — Madam
- Bert Freed — Skinner
- Directed
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Written
- David Newman, Robert Benton, Lee Adams
Production
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 · 144 ratings
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Pictures
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
