Caption

Murder in the First

HDD0067

Year:

1995

Director:

Marc Rocco

Country:

France USA

Seen:

Length:

2 hr(s) 2 min (122 min)

Language:

english

Mediatype:

DVD

Owner:

Magical

Rating:

 (7.0)

Genres:

Drama
Thriller

Plot:

Henri Young stole five dollars from a post office and ended up going to prison - to the most famous, or infamous, prison of them all: Alcatraz. He tried to escape, failed, and spent three years and two months in solitary confinement - in a dungeon, with no light, no heat and no toilet. Milton Glenn, the assistant warden, who was given free reign by his duty-shirking superior, was responsible for Young's treatment. Glenn even took a straight razor and hobbled Young for life. After three years and two months, Young was taken out of solitary confinement and put with the rest of the prisoners. Almost immediately, Young took a spoon and stabbed a fellow prisoner in the neck, killing him. Now, Young is on trial for murder, and if he's convicted he'll go to the gas chamber. An eager and idealistic young attorney, James Stamphill, is given this impossible case, and argues before a shocked courtroom that Young had a co-conspirator. The true murderer, he says, was Alcatraz.

Cast:

Christian Slater
James Stamphill
Kevin Bacon
Henri Young
Gary Oldman
Milton Glenn
Embeth Davidtz
Mary McCasslin
William H. Macy
D.A. William McNeil
Stephen Tobolowsky
Mr. Henkin
Brad Dourif
Byron Stamphill
R. Lee Ermey
Judge Clawson
Mia Kirshner
Adult Rosetta Young
Ben Slack
Jerry Hoolihan
Stefan Gierasch
Warden James Humson
Kyra Sedgwick
Blanche, Hooker
Alex Bookston
Alcatraz Doc (as Alexander Bookston)
Richie Allan
Jury Foreman
Herb Ritts
Mike Kelly
Charles Boswell
Derek Simpson, Former Alcatraz Guard
David Michael Sterling
Inmate Rufus 'Ray' McCain (as David Sterling)
Michael Melvin
Inmate Arthur 'Doc' Barker
George Maguire
Inmate #1
Nick Scoggin
Inmate #2
Douglas Bennett
Inmate #3
Joseph Richards
Inmate #4
Julius Varnado
Inmate #5
Tony Barr
Winthrop
Stuart Nisbet
Harve
Gary Ballard
Alcatraz Guard Swenson
Randy Pelish
Alcatraz Guard Wimer
Neil Summers
Alcatraz Guard Whitney
Sonny King
Alcatraz Guard Wimer (as Sonny H. King)
Eddie Bowz
Alcatraz Guard
Brian Leckner
Alcatraz Guard
Time Winters
Alcatraz Guard
James Keane
Alcatraz Guard
Lance Brady
Alcatraz Guard
Michael Merrins
Alcatraz Guard
Ray Quartermus
City Jail Guard
Lee Mathis
City Jail Guard
Wayne Parks
City Jail Guard
Warren Spottswood
Cable Car Conductor
Thomas Fenske
Newsreel Reporter
Robert Lee
Newsreel Reporter
Sheldon Feldner
Man on the Street
Fred Franklin
Man on the Street
Danny Kovacs
Man on the Street
Joseph Lucas
Man on the Street
William Hall
Man on the Street
Bill Barretta
Man on the Street
Randall Dudley
Man on the Street
Wally Rose
Shopkeeper
Amanda Borden
Rosetta Young, age 9
Eve Brenner
Winthrop's Secretary
Joseph Cole
Marshall Gates
Richard Kwong
Chinese Monk
Gary Lee Davis
Giant of a Man
Bundy Chanock
Police Officer (uncredited)
Tory Christopher
Public Defender (uncredited)
James Anthony Cotton
Alcatraz guard (uncredited)
Charles Cyphers
Bailif (uncredited)
Laird Macintosh
Reporter (uncredited)
Theo Mayes
Prison Barber (uncredited)
Dennis Pappalardo
Inmate (uncredited)
Douglas W. Randall
Prison guard (uncredited)
Joseph Quinn Simpkins
Reporter (uncredited)
James A. Swan
Alcatraz guard (uncredited)
Nicole Vigil
Restaurant patron (uncredited)
Ryken Zane
Reporter (uncredited)