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A D.A. becomes the prison warden where he tries to help an inmate he prosecuted, because he believes his sentence was excessive.A D.A. becomes the prison warden where he tries to help an inmate he prosecuted, because he believes his sentence was excessive.A D.A. becomes the prison warden where he tries to help an inmate he prosecuted, because he believes his sentence was excessive.
Wilton Graff
- Dr. Agar
- (scenes deleted)
Griff Barnett
- Mr. Hufford
- (uncredited)
Jay Barney
- Convict Nick - Prison Cook
- (uncredited)
Brandon Beach
- Convict
- (uncredited)
Whit Bissell
- States Attorney Owens
- (uncredited)
Marshall Bradford
- Parole Board Member
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaJohn Ireland was suspended by Columbia for refusing to work on "Convicted". He subsequently went to court and won his case, which resulted in his being allowed to buy himself out of his Columbia contract.
- GoofsAfter Kay boards the train and it starts to move, a shadow of the boom microphone is visible on the porter's jacket and the side of the train car.
- Quotes
George Knowland: There goes a first class, double breasted, overstuffed idiot.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Remington Steele: Steele Alive and Kicking (1986)
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Prison drama
Glenn Ford is "Convicted" in this 1950 film that also stars Broderick Crawford, Dorothy Malone, Frank Faylen, Ed Begley, Carl Benton Reid, Will Geer, and Millard Mitchell. Ford plays Joe Hufford, a war veteran who gets into a bar fight in which a man is killed. Though the DA, Knowland (Crawford) takes pity on him and wishes he had a better attorney, Hufford is sentenced from 1-10 years. Ultimately it's decided he'll serve 5 years, and come up for parole in 3. He's desperate to see his elderly father again, so when some of the other prisoners plan a break, Joe begs to be part of it. Just before his parole hearing, he receives a telegram that his father died. When a guard yells at him for not doing his work in the laundry room, Hufford punches him and winds up in solitary. He misses the escape, which ends up in death for the escapees. Ponti (Faylen) is the snitch who tipped off the guards.
When Hufford is released from solitary, there's a new warden - Knowland, the sympathetic DA. He makes Hufford a trustee, chauffeuring his daughter (Malone). When Ponti is killed, Hufford is in the warden's office, but won't reveal who did it, causing him to lose his trustee status and threatening his parole.
There's good acting throughout, and a sympathetic portrayal by Ford in this film, which moves quickly. Crawford is excellent as a tough but fair warden. Among the prisoners, veteran actor Faylen, who did such a terrific job as Dobie Gillis' father, does a bang-up job here in a dramatic, showy role. Everyone, though, is very good.
As an actor, boyish Glenn Ford didn't have much range, but he was so likable and attractive, it never mattered. His performances are always natural and underplayed, more on the style of today's actors. However, he was much more of a presence than many working today.
Good film.
When Hufford is released from solitary, there's a new warden - Knowland, the sympathetic DA. He makes Hufford a trustee, chauffeuring his daughter (Malone). When Ponti is killed, Hufford is in the warden's office, but won't reveal who did it, causing him to lose his trustee status and threatening his parole.
There's good acting throughout, and a sympathetic portrayal by Ford in this film, which moves quickly. Crawford is excellent as a tough but fair warden. Among the prisoners, veteran actor Faylen, who did such a terrific job as Dobie Gillis' father, does a bang-up job here in a dramatic, showy role. Everyone, though, is very good.
As an actor, boyish Glenn Ford didn't have much range, but he was so likable and attractive, it never mattered. His performances are always natural and underplayed, more on the style of today's actors. However, he was much more of a presence than many working today.
Good film.
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- Runtime1 hour 31 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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