Murder in the First Page #3

Synopsis: 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.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Marc Rocco
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
  2 wins & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Rotten Tomatoes:
50%
R
Year:
1995
122 min
403 Views


In the morning and afternoon...

...it shuttled the school children

to San Francisco for classes.

It was also used to transport prisoners

to the island.

Whenever possible, having children and

prisoners on the boat at the same time...

...was avoided.

Don't look at the children.

I'll take the kids into the city...

...and we'll go shopping.

Honey, can I call you back?

The warden's here.

- Good morning, warden.

- Good morning.

- When did you arrive on the island?

- About 20 minutes ago.

Good.

- Sit down.

- Thank you.

Mr. Glenn...

...I've been going over

the rotation figures...

...in the solitary-confinement cells.

Is there something wrong, sir?

Well, I don't know.

I don't think this can be right.

What's that, sir?

Well, here, 244.

According to this, he's been in there

since March of'38.

I don't believe there's been

an attitude change...

...with regard to 244, sir.

He's not like the other inmates.

But that's over three years.

He masterminded the escape attempt

in'38.

And there hasn't been an attempt since.

If you let those animals believe

that escape is possible...

...heh, you might as well stick in

a revolving door.

I think he has learned his lesson.

Come on, Henri. Let's go.

Henri Young had been rehabilitated.

I was now a public defender

in San Francisco.

We would meet in three days.

Eat, Young!

You know the rules.

You don't eat, you go to solitary.

Now, get with it!

Two times two is four.

Two times three is six.

Two times four is...

...eight.

Two times five, 10.

Twelve times eight...

...ninety-six.

Hey, Henri, McCain,

he put you in the hole.

Put you in the hole.

McCain's still here. Look.

McCain put you in the hole.

Put you in the hole.

McCain, put you in the hole.

Put you in the hole.

Get them back.

Get them back against the wall now.

What happened?

I don't know.

The United States ofAmerica...

...v. Henri Young.

Charged with murder in the first degree.

Approach the bench.

Charged with murder in the first degree.

"Henri Young, Rufus McCain,

in there, striking and wounding...

...sharp steel instrument,

to wit, a spoon."

A spoon. A spoon? Heh.

This can't be right.

- That's right.

- f you say so.

"To wit, a spoon,

about four inches in length...

...which, striking and wounding,

described as foresaid...

...caused the said Rufus McCain

thereafter...

...to wit, on June 11, 1941 to die."

Trial set one week from Thursday,

June 22.

This court stands adjourned.

I know you can do it.

The fourth at Pimlico, the derby.

Come on, boy.

You can do it. You've got four furlongs.

Don't be cursing this streetcar.

Pick them up and lay them down.

Let those legs just pump like pistons.

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