MURDER IN THE FIRST (1995)

MARC ROCCO

Prison Thriller Drama Law/Legal/Solicitors/Trials Insanity 1930s True Stories Historical Recommended

Cast

CHRISTIAN SLATER KEVIN BACON GARY OLDMAN EMBETH DAVIDTZ BRAD DOURIF WILLIAM H MACY CHRISTOPHER YOUNG

Plot

Alcatraz, 1938; after 3 years in solitary, a hellish hole in the ground with no heat, light or human contact, petty crook Henri Young emerges as a madman. When he kills another inmate there is only one man - attorney James Stamphill - willing to challenge the barbarity of Alcatraz. Moving and riveting with great performances from all three leads.