On Fri, 6 Oct 1995, Tony Williams wrote: > From: Tony Williams > English > SIUC > A lot of material is available. For starters, I'd suggest you look up the > entries in the respective AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOGS issued, especially > the 1931-1940 volume. Then decide on sub-divisions, particularly is you are > including women prison movies (e.g. CAGED HEAT). From general memory, the > following items should be availabale TWENTY THOUSAND YEARS IN SING SING (1933) > remade as CASTLE ON THE HUDSON (1940), I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG, EACH > DAWN I DIE, BRUTE FORCE, COOL HAND LUKE, THE CONCRETE JUNGLE (u.s. release > title of a Joseph Losey 1960 British movie starring Stanley Baker whose > original title escapes me); THE HILL starring Sean Connery (if you are into > War prison camp movies then BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI, THE CAMP ON BLOOD ISLAND, > THE GREAT ESCAPE, THE COLDITZ STORY, ALBERT RN, THE WOODEN HORSE, 20,000 > WOMEN etc etc would all qualify. > Also don't forget Hong Kong Cinema. Ringo Lam has directed PRISON ON FIRE, I & > II starring Chow Yun-Fat. Do you want to go into national cinema versions? > The choices and the field is endless. > Other titles come to mind - BAD BOYS, WEEDS, etc. I'm sure if you consult > various blibliographies you will find plenty of titles relevant to a minor > genre needing further exploration. > Good Luck, > Tony Williams. > > ---- > To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L > in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask] > Don't forget PAPILLON and STALAG 17 Ron Hoffman ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]