| Convicted | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Henry Levin |
| Screenplay by | William Bowers Fred Niblo, Jr. Seton I. Miller |
| Based on | The Criminal Code 1929 play by Martin Flavin |
| Produced by | Jerry Bresler |
| Starring | Glenn Ford Broderick Crawford Millard Mitchell Dorothy Malone Carl Benton Reid Frank Faylen Will Geer |
| Cinematography | Burnett Guffey |
| Edited by | Al Clark |
| Music by | George Duning |
| Color process | Black and white |
Production company | Columbia Pictures |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Convicted is a 1950 American crime film noir directed by Henry Levin and starring Glenn Ford and Broderick Crawford.[1] It was the third Columbia Pictures film adaptation of the 1929 stage play The Criminal Code by Martin Flavin, following Howard Hawks's The Criminal Code (1930) and John Brahm's Penitentiary (1938).[2]
Plot
This prison drama is the story of Joe Hufford (Glenn Ford), a man convicted of manslaughter. George Knowland (Broderick Crawford) is the district attorney who understands Hufford, helps him adjust to prison life and recognize that he has a future after release. Hufford witnesses the murder of an informer by another convict, Malloby (Millard Mitchell), but he sticks to the prison's "silent code" and refuses to talk, even though it means he will be accused of the killing. He is locked in solitary confinement. In the end, the real murderer confesses and Hufford escapes the electric chair. He obtains his release and, having fallen in love with the warden's daughter, (Dorothy Malone), ensures he has permission from Knowland to pursue a relationship with her.
Cast
- Glenn Ford as Joe Hufford
- Broderick Crawford as George Knowland
- Millard Mitchell as Malloby
- Dorothy Malone as Kay Knowland
- Carl Benton Reid as Captain Douglas
- Frank Faylen as Convict Ponti
- Will Geer as Convict Mapes
- Martha Stewart as Bertie Williams
- Henry O'Neill as Detective Dorn
- Douglas Kennedy as Det. Bailey
- Roland Winters as Vernon Bradley, Attorney
- Ed Begley as Mackay – Head of Parole Board
- John Doucette as Tex - Convict (uncredited)
- Ray Teal as Cell Block / Yard Guard (uncredited)
- James Millican as Guard in Kitchen (uncredited)
- Whit Bissell as States Attorney Owens (uncredited)
Reception
The staff at Variety magazine wrote, "Convicted isn't quite as grim a prison film as the title would indicate. It has several off-beat twists to its development, keeping it from being routine. While plotting is essentially a masculine soap opera, scripting [from a play by Martin Flavin] supplies plenty of polish and good dialog to see it through."[3]
References
External links
- Convicted at IMDb
- Convicted at AllMovie
- Convicted at the TCM Movie Database
- Convicted at the American Film Institute Catalog
- Convicted at Rotten Tomatoes
- Convicted informational essay at Turner Classic Movies by Nathaniel Thompson