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Unchained is a american film of genre Drama directed by Hall Bartlett released in USA on 25 august 1955 with Barbara Hale
Unchained (1955)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 25 august 1955
Length 1h15
Directed by Hall Bartlett
OriginUSA
Themes Prison films
Rating60%
Unchained is a 1955 prison film based on the non-fiction book Prisoners are People by Kenyon J. Scudder. The film is most remembered for its theme song, "Unchained Melody", which was a #1 R&B hit for both Al Hibbler & Roy Hamilton in 1955, with Hibbler's version also reaching #3 on the Billboard Chart & also a #4 Pop hit for the Righteous Brothers in 1965.
The film was based on the career of Kenyon J. Scudder, former supervisor at Chino prison in California, as detailed in Scudder's book. Former football player Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch played the lead character, while other inmates were played by Chester Morris and Jerry Paris (later of The Dick Van Dyke Show), among others. Others in the cast included Peggy Knudsen and Barbara Hale, who appeared as women visiting the prisoners. Jazz musician Dexter Gordon has a small, uncredited role in the film, that of a saxophone player in the prison jazz band.
The film was shot at the correctional facility in Chino, California, where Gordon was then serving time for possession of heroin.
Synopsis
Steve Davitt décide de ne pas attendre le terme de la peine qu'il purge en prison et de s'évader, afin de retrouver sa femme Mary et son fils Win. Bill Howard, un autre prisonnier, le dissuade de passer à l'acte...Actors
Barbara Hale
(Mary Davitt)
Chester Morris
(Kenyon Scudder)
Todd Duncan
(Bill Howard)
Peggy Knudsen
(Elaine)
Jerry Paris
(Joe Ravens)
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