Convicted

Aug 1, 1950

1h 31m

★ 6.3

Academy Winning Star of "ALL THE KING'S MEN"

Overview

A prison warden fights to prove one of his inmates was wrongly convicted.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

Convicted Trailers

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Cast

Joe Hufford

Glenn Ford

George Knowland

Broderick Crawford

Malloby

Millard Mitchell

Kay Knowland

Dorothy Malone

Captain Douglas

Carl Benton Reid

Convict Ponti

Frank Faylen

Convict Mapes

Will Geer

Bertie Williams

Martha Stewart

Detective Dorn

Henry O'Neill

Det. Bailey

Douglas Kennedy

Vernon Bradley, Attorney

Roland Winters

Mackay, Head of Parole Board

Ed Begley

Disgraced ex-England football captain, Danny 'Mean Machine' Meehan, is thrown in jail for assaulting two police officers. He keeps his head down and has the opportunity to forget everything and change the lives of the prisoners. When these prisoners have the chance to put one over the evil guards during a prison football match, Danny takes the lead.

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7.5

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6.7

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7.1

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4.7

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4.6

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6.0

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7.1

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6.4

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5.9

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0.0

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5.5

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5.3

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6.5

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6.3

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6.0

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6.3

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