The Glass House (1972)

  • NR
  • 02/04/1972 (US)
  • Drama, TV Movie
  • 1h 30m

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.

Truman Capote

Writer

Tom Gries

Director

Wyatt Cooper

Writer

Cast

Alan Alda's headshot

Alan Alda

Jonathon Paige
Vic Morrow's headshot

Vic Morrow

Hugo Slocum
Clu Gulager's headshot

Clu Gulager

Brian Courtland
Billy Dee Williams's headshot

Billy Dee Williams

Lennox
Kristoffer Tabori's headshot

Kristoffer Tabori

Allan Campbell
Dean Jagger's headshot

Dean Jagger

Warden Auerbach
Scott Hylands's headshot

Scott Hylands

Ajax
Edward Bell's headshot

Edward Bell

Sinclair

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