Behind the High Wall

A group of prisoners plan a breakout. The attempt begins but things do not go well. The situation goes from bad to worse. One reason for that is the warden. The warden is desperate and needs money. He tries to steal the gang’s takings. That attempt tangles everything further. The film is built in the film noir tradition. The account runs crime, drama and thriller together. The prison is the fixed setting of the account. The warden’s greed gets in front of the escape plan. Tom Tully and Sylvia Sidney take the leads, with Betty Lynn and John Gavin also in the cast, in Abner Biberman’s American film of 1956.