Within These Walls

1945
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1h 11m

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Mary Anderson, Thomas Mitchell, and Edward Ryan in Within These Walls (1945)

Michael Howland, a stern hanging judge, is assigned to take over a chaotic prison. There, Michael imposes a strict regime of discipline on the inmates. He is similarly rigid and harsh with h... Read allMichael Howland, a stern hanging judge, is assigned to take over a chaotic prison. There, Michael imposes a strict regime of discipline on the inmates. He is similarly rigid and harsh with his own two children Tommie and Anne. However, his son eventually ends up incarcerated in h... Read allMichael Howland, a stern hanging judge, is assigned to take over a chaotic prison. There, Michael imposes a strict regime of discipline on the inmates. He is similarly rigid and harsh with his own two children Tommie and Anne. However, his son eventually ends up incarcerated in his father's prison.

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Featured in Frances Farmer Presents: Within These Walls (1958)

Soundtracks
I Wish I Knew
(uncredited)
Music by Harry Warren
Played on the phonograph and danced by Tommie and Ann

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5/10

Unbelievable

Hanging judge Thomas Mitchell is tapped to be the warden of the state penitentiary. He takes along his soft-spoken daughter, Mary Anderson, and his rebellious son, Edward Ryan. He soon finds that even in a place with simple, brutal rules, life makes things complicated.

It's a B movie directed by Lucky Humberstone, and the shoot is carried with his usual professionalism, and that of the players, including Mark Stevens, the inimitable B. S. Pulley, and an unrecognizable Norman Lloyd -- I'm so used to seeing him as an old man with no hair - Unfortunately, elements of the script strain credibility past the breaking point for me, and credited DP Clyde De Vinna is well out of his comfort zone for creating striking images. It's hard to call a movie with Mitchell in it uninteresting, but he isn't on the screen enough to hold the viewer's attention.