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The Only Way
The Only Way (1926)

Directed by Herbert Wilcox
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Political films, Films about capital punishment, Films based on plays, French Revolution films
Actors Ben Webster, J. Fisher White, Frank Stanmore, Gibb McLaughlin, Gordon McLeod, Fred Rains

In 1770s France Doctor Manette is witness to the rape of a young woman Jeanne Defarge and the murder of her and brother Jacques by the powerful Marquis d'Evremonde. In order to silence Manette, d'Evremonde arranges to have him locked away in the infamous Bastille Prison where he remains for over a decade. Manette's young daughter is able to be spirited out of the country to England by her guardian the British banker Jarvis Lorry, where she is brought up by Miss Pross. Ernest Defarge swears vengeance on d'Evremonde and will not rest until the entire family has been wiped out.
Monte Cristo
Monte Cristo (1929)
, 3h43
Directed by Henri Fescourt
Origin France
Genres Adventure
Themes Prison films, La provence, Films about capital punishment
Actors Lil Dagover, Gaston Modot, Marie Glory, Jean Toulout, Michèle Verly, Pierre Batcheff

Le film est une adaptation du roman d'Alexandre Dumas, Le Comte de Monte-Cristo.
The Sea
The Sea (2000)
, 1h50
Directed by Agustí Villaronga
Origin Espagne
Genres Drama, War
Themes Films about animals, Films about children, Medical-themed films, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Films about suicide, Rape in fiction, LGBT-related films, Films about cats, Films about disabilities, Political films, Films about capital punishment, Films about child abuse, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Roger Casamajor, Ángela Molina, Simón Andreu

In the summer of 1936, the violence of the Spanish Civil war reaches a small village in Mallorca. Four children: Andreu Ramallo, Manuel Tur, Pau Inglada and a girl Francisca are witness to the execution of leftists at the hands of pro-Franco villagers. In a desperate act of revenge, Pau, whose father has been killed the previous day by the lead executioner, plans to avenge his father's murder torturing Julià Ballester, the son of his father's killer. His idea is to force the boy to drink castor oil. However, things go wrong when the boy—Julià Ballester—taunts them and Pau becomes enraged. He brutally kills Julià by bashing his head against a rock and then stabbing him in the throat. Unable to deal with what he has just done, Pau commits suicide jumping inside a hole on a cave. The remaining children: Andreu, Manuel, and Francisa are witnesses to these tragic events.
Dreyfus
Dreyfus (1930)
, 1h55
Directed by Richard Oswald
Origin German
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Spy films, Prison films, Films about racism, Films about religion, Films about capital punishment, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Fritz Kortner, Grete Mosheim, Heinrich George, Albert Bassermann, Oskar Homolka, Ferdinand Hart

En septembre 1894, le service de renseignement français prend connaissance d'un incident d'espionnage à Paris. Des secrets militaires auraient été transmis à l'attaché militaire allemand à Paris, Maximilian von Schwartzkoppen. « Dans l'intérêt de l'armée », dit-on, le ministre de la Guerre Auguste Mercier doit rapidement trouver un coupable. Le 15 octobre de la même année, Alfred Dreyfus, capitaine au sein de l'état-major, d'origine juive, né en Alsace, jusqu'alors totalement innocent, est arrêté sur la base d'éléments de preuve légèrement construits. L'agitation antisémite dans la presse, l'armée et la politique crée rapidement un chaudron contre le traître présumé à Paris dans les années 1890.
The Last Mile
The Last Mile (1932)
, 1h15
Directed by Samuel Bischoff
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes Prison films, Théâtre, Films about capital punishment, Films based on plays
Actors Preston Foster, George E. Stone, Noel Madison, Alan Roscoe, Paul Fix, Al Hill

The movie presents the life in a prison where men are on death row. Some of them are wrongfully accused and convicted, there is nothing else in their future but the electric chair.
'Til We Meet Again
'Til We Meet Again (1940)
, 1h39
Directed by Anatole Litvak, William K. Howard, Edmund Goulding, William Keighley
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about capital punishment
Actors Merle Oberon, George Brent, Pat O'Brien, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Binnie Barnes, Frank McHugh

Total strangers Dan Hardesty (George Brent) and Joan Ames (Merle Oberon) meet by chance in a bar in Hong Kong. They share a single drink before leaving, called by Dan the "Paradise Cocktail". They romantically shatter their glasses, which Dan tells Joan is a tradition connected with the drink, along with leaving the broken stems crossed. Outside, after Joan has left, Dan is handcuffed by Lieutenant Steve Burke of the San Francisco police (Pat O'Brien). Burke has spent a year chasing the convicted murderer around the world.
Boomerang!
Boomerang! (1947)
, 1h28
Directed by Elia Kazan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Documentary, Noir, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Dana Andrews, Jane Wyatt, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley, Cara Williams, Karl Malden

A priest is shot dead on a Bridgeport, Connecticut street at night. The police, led by Chief Robinson (Cobb), fail to immediately find the murderer. It soon becomes a political hot potato, with the police accused of incompetence, and the city's reform-minded administration comes under attack. Robinson and the prosecutor Henry Harvey (Andrews) come under severe pressure by political leaders to find the killer or bring in outside help.
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo (1954)
, 3h3
Directed by Édouard Molinaro, Robert Vernay
Origin France
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance
Themes Prison films, La provence, Films about capital punishment
Actors Daniel Ivernel, Jean Marais, Lia Amanda, Roger Pigaut, Jacques Castelot, Claude Génia

Edmond Dantès, second d'un navire de commerce de retour d'Orient ayant pris le commandement de son navire après la mort du capitaine, accoste à l'île d'Elbe pour transmettre une lettre à Napoléon. À la suite de cette imprudence, commise pour respecter la volonté de son prédécesseur, il est victime d'une machination ourdie par le marin Caderousse, par l'officier Fernand Mondego (plus tard devenu comte de Morcerf), épris de Mercédès, la fiancée de Dantès, et le magistrat Gérard de Villefort (qui craint d'être compromis par les activités ultrabonapartistes de son père, le général Noirtier). Dantès est alors conduit au secret dans les profondeurs du château d'If, au large de Marseille.
On Trial
On Trial (1954)
, 1h45
Directed by Julien Duvivier
Origin France
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Daniel Gélin, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Madeleine Robinson, Anton Walbrook, Charles Vanel, Paola Borboni

Fils du grand procureur Andergast (Charles Vanel), Etzel veut réviser le dossier Maurizius dont la condamnation repose sur des présomptions. Ce dossier a permis à son père, 18 ans auparavant, de se lancer dans une grande carrière, mais Etzel veut en avoir le cœur net.
A Man Escaped
A Man Escaped (1956)
, 1h35
Directed by Robert Bresson
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Documentary, Historical
Themes French war films, Prison films, Political films, Évasion, Films about capital punishment, Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France
Actors François Leterrier, Roland Monod, Maurice Beerblock, Jacques Ertaud, Roger Planchon

After the establishing shot of Montluc prison, but before the opening credits, the camera rests on a plaque commemorating the 7,000 prisoners who died at the hands of the Nazis.
Yield to the Night
Yield to the Night (1956)
, 1h39
Directed by J. Lee Thompson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Sexploitation films, Women in prison films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Diana Dors, Yvonne Mitchell, Michael Craig, Marie Ney, Olga Lindo, Mary Mackenzie

The storyline in Yield to the Night bears a superficial resemblance to the Ruth Ellis case, which had occurred the previous year. However, the film is based on the novel of the same title published in 1954 by Joan Henry. Coincidentally, Ruth Ellis appeared as an uncredited beauty queen in the 1951 film Lady Godiva Rides Again, also starring Diana Dors.
The Unholy Wife
The Unholy Wife (1957)
, 1h34
Directed by John Farrow
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about capital punishment
Actors Diana Dors, Jonathan Latimer, Rod Steiger, Tom Tryon, Beulah Bondi, Marie Windsor

The film begins with Phyllis (Diana Dors) telling her story in flashbacks. It begins how she meets rich vintner Paul Hochen (Rod Steiger) from Napa Valley in a bar and marries him soon after.