Movie: "Murder in the First"
| Release Date: | Jan 1995 |
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| Genres: | Thriller / Drama |
| Awards | 2 wins & 2 nominations |
| Runtime: | 122 min. |
| Cast: | Christian Slater (James Stamphill), Kevin Bacon (Henri Young) Gary Oldman (Milton Glenn) Embeth Davidtz (Mary McCasslin) William H. Macy (D.A. William McNeil) Stephen Tobolowsky (Mr. Henkin) Brad Dourif (Byron Stamphill) R. Lee Ermey (Judge Clawson) Mia Kirshner (Adult Rosetta Young) Ben Slack (Jerry Hoolihan) Stefan Gierasch (Warden James Humson) Kyra Sedgwick (Blanche, Hooker) Alex Bookston (Alcatraz Doc (as Alexander Bookston)) Richie Allan (Jury Foreman) Herb Ritts (Mike Kelly) Charles Boswell (Derek Simpson, Former Alcatraz Guard) David Michael Sterling (Inmate Rufus 'Ray' McCain (as David...) Michael Melvin (Inmate Arthur 'Doc' Barker) George Maguire (Inmate #1) Nick Scoggin (Inmate #2) Douglas Bennett (Inmate #3) Joseph Richards (Inmate #4) Julius Varnado (Inmate #5) Tony Barr (Winthrop) Stuart Nisbet (Harve) Gary Ballard (Alcatraz Guard Swenson) Randy Pelish (Alcatraz Guard Wimer) Neil Summers (Alcatraz Guard Whitney) Sonny King (Alcatraz Guard Wimer (as Sonny H. King)) Eddie Bowz (Alcatraz Guard) Brian Leckner (Alcatraz Guard) Time Winters (Alcatraz Guard) James Keane (Alcatraz Guard) Lance Brady (Alcatraz Guard) Michael Merrins (Alcatraz Guard) Ray Quartermus (City Jail Guard) Lee Mathis (City Jail Guard) Wayne Parks (City Jail Guard) Warren Spottswood (Cable Car Conductor) Thomas Fenske (Newsreel Reporter) Robert Lee (Newsreel Reporter) Sheldon Feldner (Man on the Street) Fred Franklin (Man on the Street) Danny Kovacs (Man on the Street) Joseph Lucas (Man on the Street) William Hall (Man on the Street) Bill Barretta (Man on the Street) Randall Dudley (Man on the Street) Wally Rose (Shopkeeper) Amanda Borden (Rosetta Young, age 9) Eve Brenner (Winthrop's Secretary) Joseph Cole (Marshall Gates) Richard Kwong (Chinese Monk) Gary Lee Davis (Giant of a Man) Bundy Chanock (Police Officer (uncredited)) Tory Christopher (Public Defender (uncredited)) James Anthony Cotton (Alcatraz guard (uncredited)) Charles Cyphers (Bailif (uncredited)) Laird Macintosh (Reporter (uncredited)) Theo Mayes (Prison Barber (uncredited)) Dennis Pappalardo (Inmate (uncredited)) Douglas W. Randall (Prison guard (uncredited)) Joseph Quinn Simpkins (Reporter (uncredited)) James A. Swan (Alcatraz guard (uncredited)) Nicole Vigil (Restaurant patron (uncredited)) Ryken Zane (Reporter (uncredited)) |
Storyline: Henri Young stole five dollars from a post office and ended up going to prison - to the most famous, or infamous, prison of them all: Alcatraz. He tried to escape, failed, and spent three years and two months in solitary confinement - in a dungeon, with no light, no heat and no toilet. Milton Glenn, the assistant warden, who was given free reign by his duty-shirking superior, was responsible for Young's treatment. Glenn even took a straight razor and hobbled Young for life. After three years and two months, Young was taken out of solitary confinement and put with the rest of the prisoners. Almost immediately, Young took a spoon and stabbed a fellow prisoner in the neck, killing him. Now, Young is on trial for murder, and if he's convicted he'll go to the gas chamber. An eager and idealistic young attorney, James Stamphill, is given this impossible case, and argues before a shocked courtroom that Young had a co-conspirator. The true murderer, he says, was Alcatraz.
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