Starring Paul Newman and George Kennedy
Written by Donn Pearce and Frank Pierson
Directed by Stuart Rosenberg
Written by Donn Pearce and Frank Pierson
Directed by Stuart Rosenberg
The story here is simple...man gets arrested for a seemingly petty crime, gets sentenced to two years in prison on a chain gang, attempts to escape multiple times, but is constantly getting caught. On its own, the story's okay...however, the flick is just thirty minutes too long and contains one too many escape attempts.That being said, Paul Newman is pretty awesome. I really liked him in this. There's a charm and charisma that he exudes works extremely well for this character in this setting.
I've got too many other reviews to write to go into much more detail about this. Suffice it to say, Newman was great, but the flick itself was just okay.
The RyMickey Rating: C
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