Convicts 4

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Convicts 4

"They'll Blow Every Fuse in the Big House!"

1962

1h 45m

4.8(6 votes)

Crime

Drama

Overview

After his death sentence is commuted to life in prison, John Resko is transferred from Sing-Sing to Dannemora where, with the help of a humane prison guard, he becomes a rehabilitated man and a successful painter.

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44 members

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Ben Gazzara

John Resko

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Stuart Whitman

Principal Keeper

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Ray Walston

Iggy

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Vincent Price

Carl Carmer

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Rod Steiger

Tiptoes

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Broderick Crawford

Warden

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Dodie Stevens

Resko's Sister

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Jack Kruschen

Resko's Father

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Sammy Davis Jr.

Wino

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Naomi Stevens

Resko's Mother

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Adam Williams

Guard

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Jack Albertson

Teach

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John Kellogg

Guard

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Robert H. Harris

Commissioner

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Carmen Phillips

Connie Resko

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Timothy Carey

Nick

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Myron Healey

Gunther

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Lee Krieger

Stanley

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Josip Elic

Vic the Barber

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Arthur Malet

Storekeeper

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Robert Christopher

Guard

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Reggie Nalder

Greer

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Kreg Martin

Guard

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Susan Silo

Cathy (as an adult)

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Tom Gilson

Lefty

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Roland La Starza

Duke

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Warren J. Kemmerling

Guard

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Andy Albin

Inmate

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John Close

Guard

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John Dennis

Cell Block Guard

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Billy Varga

Guard

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Burt Lange

Gallery Man

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Vincent Barbi

Painter (uncredited)

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Peter Besbas

Sculptor (uncredited)

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John Dierkes

Cell Block Guard (uncredited)

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Bobby Gilbert

Sculptor (uncredited)

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Sid Kane

Sculptor (uncredited)

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Lenny Kent

Painter (uncredited)

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Johnny Kern

Convict (uncredited)

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Ernesto Molinari

Sculptor (uncredited)

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Norman Nazarr

Sculptor (uncredited)

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Norman Stevans

Sculptor (uncredited)

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Robert Swimmer

Guard (uncredited)

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Robert White

Guard (uncredited)

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