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The Glass House
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The Glass House

Feb 4, 1972
1h 30m
★ 6.2

Overview

Adapted from a story by Truman Capote ("In Cold Blood"), the world of the prison convict is open to the viewer. As the story develops, one thing becomes clear. As in the outside world, there is a "system"; and just as on the outside, there is accommodation, honesty, cynicism, violence and all the other factors that make up our society. The film follows the three newcomers, it records the grim, terrifying, sometimes fascinating events that occur.

Genres

Drama
TV Movie

Production Companies

Tomorrow Entertainment

Cast

Alan Alda

Jonathon Paige

Alan Alda

Vic Morrow

Hugo Slocum

Vic Morrow

Clu Gulager

Brian Courtland

Clu Gulager

Billy Dee Williams

Lennox

Billy Dee Williams

Kristoffer Tabori

Allan Campbell

Kristoffer Tabori

Dean Jagger

Warden Auerbach

Dean Jagger

Scott Hylands

Ajax

Scott Hylands

Edward Bell

Sinclair

Edward Bell

Roy Jenson

Officer Brown

Roy Jenson

Alan Vint

Bree

Alan Vint

Luke Askew

Bibleback

Luke Askew

Tony Mancini

Steve Berino

Tony Mancini

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