Riot in Cell Block 11

Riot in Cell Block 11
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDon Siegel
Screenplay byRichard Collins
Produced byWalter Wanger
StarringNeville Brand
Emile Meyer
Frank Faylen
Leo Gordon
Robert Osterloh
Narrated byJames Matthews
CinematographyRussell Harlan
Edited byBruce B. Pierce
Music byHerschel Burke Gilbert
Production
company
Walter Wanger Productions
Distributed byAllied Artists Pictures
Release date
  • February 28, 1954 (1954-02-28) (United States)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$298,780[1]
Box office$1,531,755[1]

Riot in Cell Block 11 is a 1954 American film noir crime film directed by Don Siegel and starring Neville Brand, Emile Meyer, Frank Faylen, Leo Gordon and Robert Osterloh.[2] Director Quentin Tarantino called it "the best prison film ever made."[3]

  1. ^ a b Matthew Bernstein, Walter Wagner: Hollywood Independent, Minnesota Press, 2000 p445.
  2. ^ Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954) at the TCM Movie Database.
  3. ^ Tarantino, Quentin (22 December 2019). "Escape from Alcatraz". New Beverly Cinema. Archived from the original on 23 March 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2020.