MURDER IN THE FIRST(1995)
There are three types of movies I don't like: New Horror,
War & Prison! This is a prison moovie basically about the
atrocities of the incarcerated, in this case specifically,
Alcatraz! An ugly movie about an ugly subject done very
darkly! NOT MY CUP OF TEA!!! D
From IMDb.com:
I can take about anything in films, even blood-and-guts
(you can see that on television in the CSI shows) but
torture is another thing. This movie was tough to watch
because of the terrible treatment given to a prisoner,
played well in here by Kevin Bacon.
It's an interesting story, and well performed and told,
but so unpleasant to see in a number of spots that I
wouldn't watch it again. Some of it was really disgusting.
I am also getting tired of Liberal filmmakers making the
prison warden a brutally sadistic person. That has become
such a film cliché. Libs just hate any authority figure.
They also hate the facts, according to "jorge's" review
here, which I believe. - ccthemovieman-1
Christian Slater ... James Stamphill
Kevin Bacon ... Henri Young
Gary Oldman ... Associate Milton Glenn
Embeth Davidtz ... Mary McCasslin
William H. Macy ... William McNeil (as Bill Macy)
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
Alex Bookston ... Alcatraz Doc (as Alexander Bookston)
Richie Allan ... Jury Foreman
Herb Ritts ... Mike Kelly
Charles Boswell ... Simpson
David Michael Sterling ... Inmate Rufus 'Ray' McCain (as David Sterling)
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
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