The Glass House (1972)

6.4/10 • 90 min • Drama TV Movie

Overview

Adapted from a story by Truman Capote ("In Cold Blood"), the world of the prison convict is open to the viewer. As the story develops, one thing becomes clear. As in the outside world, there is a "system"; and just as on the outside, there is accommodation, honesty, cynicism, violence and all the other factors that make up our society. The film follows the three newcomers, it records the grim, terrifying, sometimes fascinating events that occur.

Cast

Alan Alda

Jonathon Paige

Vic Morrow

Hugo Slocum

Clu Gulager

Brian Courtland

Billy Dee Williams

Lennox

Kristoffer Tabori

Allan Campbell

Dean Jagger

Warden Auerbach

Scott Hylands

Ajax

Edward Bell

Sinclair

Roy Jenson

Officer Brown

Alan Vint

Bree

Luke Askew

Bibleback

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