| Description |
vii, 219 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-207) and index. |
| Contents |
Chapter 1: The Gangster in Jail: Prison Films of the 1930s and 1940s -- The Big House (1930) -- Chapter 2: From Pre-Code: Exploited Women-in-Prison Films -- Caged Heat (1974) -- Chapte 3: Behind Enemy Bars: The World War II POW Film -- Stalag 17 (1955) -- Chapter 5: Bad Machines : The Asylum Film -- Shock Corridor (1963) -- Chapter 6: Three Genres on the Inside: The Western, Science Fiction, and Action/ Adventure Prison Films -- There Was a Crooked Man (1970) -- Chapter 7: Mean Machines: The Sports Film Behinds Bars -- The Longest Yard (1974) -- Chapter 8: Between the Rock and a Hard Place: The Alcatraz Movie -- Escape From Alcatraz -- Chapter 9: Partners in Crime: The Prison Comedy -- Stir Crazy (1980) -- Chapter 10: Three Prison Film Auteurs: Stuart Rosenberg, Alan Parker, and Frank Darabont -- Stuart Rosenberg -- Cool Hand Luke (1967) -- Alan Parker -- Midnight Express (1978) -- Frank Darabont -- The Shawshank Redemption (1994) -- Conclusion: The Prison film in the Millennium and Beyond |
| Subject |
Prison films -- United States -- History and criticism.
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Prison films. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Festschriften.
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Festschriften.
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| ISBN |
0773458336 hardcover |
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9780773458338 hardcover |
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