The Glass House (1972)

6.4/10 • 90 min • Drama TV Movie

Overview

Adapted from a story by Truman Capote ("In Cold Blood"), the world of the prison convict is open to the viewer. As the story develops, one thing becomes clear. As in the outside world, there is a "system"; and just as on the outside, there is accommodation, honesty, cynicism, violence and all the other factors that make up our society. The film follows the three newcomers, it records the grim, terrifying, sometimes fascinating events that occur.

Cast

Alan Alda

Vic Morrow

Clu Gulager

Brian Courtland

Billy Dee Williams

Kristoffer Tabori

Dean Jagger

Warden Auerbach

Scott Hylands

Edward Bell

Roy Jenson

Alan Vint

Luke Askew

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