Duffy Of San Quentin

Clinton T. Duffy (Paul Kelly) suddenly has a job few would ever want. Hes the interim warden at San Quentin, given the job for 30 days after violence and corruption swept what was then the nations largest prison facility. Duffy aims to make his few days matter, cracking down on notorious guards, wiping out a stool-pigeon network and hiring the institutes first female nurse (Joanne Dru). The reforms take hold. Duffys 30 days would become 12 years. Based on his memoir, Duffy of San Quentin tells the story of the wardens pivotal early tenure through the prism of his interactions with volatile inmate Edward Harper (Louis Hayward). Filmmaker Walter Doniger guides the action. He next made the prison film The Steel Cage (with Kelly and Maureen OSullivan returning as the Duffys) and explored life behind bars again in The Steel Jungle. As a trivia note to this film: look for DeForest Kelly in the role of a detective.

Upplagd i sortimentet: 8 juni, 2015