Convicts 4 | |
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Directed by | Millard Kaufman |
Screenplay by | Millard Kaufman |
Based on | Reprieve; the Testament of John Resko 1959 Autobiography by John Resko |
Produced by | A. Ronald Lubin |
Starring | Ben Gazzara Stuart Whitman Vincent Price Rod Steiger Sammy Davis, Jr. Ray Walston |
Cinematography | Joseph F. Biroc |
Edited by | George White |
Music by | Leonard Rosenman |
Distributed by | Allied Artists Pictures Corporation |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Convicts 4, also known as Reprieve, is a 1962 American neo noir crime film starring Ben Gazzara and directed by Millard Kaufman.[1][2][3] The film is a fictionalized version of the life of death row convict John Resko, who wrote his autobiography: Reprieve.
The film was initially released as Reprieve to "poor box office," and was released again as Convicts 4, also without commercial success.[4]