
Carl Panzram is sent to Leavenworth Prison for burglary. While there, he is brutally beaten by a guard. Neophyte guard Henry Lesser feels sympathy for Panzram, befriends him, and gets him to write his life story. Lesser learns that Panzram's past is much more violent than he thought, but also that he's capable of being a much better person than the rest of the prison staff believes - or so Lesser thinks.
Jeffrey DeMunnSam Lesser
John Bedford LloydDr. Karl Menninger
Raynor ScheineTrusty
Conrad McLarenJudge John W. Kingman
James MurtaughWalter BaileyThe film is dedicated to Sam Peckinpah because The Wild Bunch (1969) inspired director 'Metcalfe, Tim' to become a director.
Carl Panzram:
I don't want to be alive. I want out of these clothes. I want out of this body. I want out of this world.
Continuity: The amount of beer in Henry Lesser's glass at the speakeasy.
Music by Bill Elliott
Performed by Bill Elliott & His Orchestra
Courtesy of Windswept Pacific Entertainment Co.
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