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My Six Convicts

  • 19521952
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 44m
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John Beal, Millard Mitchell, Harry Morgan, Gilbert Roland, and Marshall Thompson in My Six Convicts (1952)
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A psychologist pioneers a research study at a prison. He seeks the help of six savvy inmates including a safe-cracker, a mobster, a pair of armed robbers and psychopath. Could he trust them?... Read allA psychologist pioneers a research study at a prison. He seeks the help of six savvy inmates including a safe-cracker, a mobster, a pair of armed robbers and psychopath. Could he trust them? What's in it for them?A psychologist pioneers a research study at a prison. He seeks the help of six savvy inmates including a safe-cracker, a mobster, a pair of armed robbers and psychopath. Could he trust them? What's in it for them?
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
369
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    • Hugo Fregonese
    • Michael Blankfort(screen play)
    • Donald Powell Wilson(book)
  • Stars
    • Millard Mitchell
    • Gilbert Roland
    • John Beal
    • Hugo Fregonese
    • Michael Blankfort(screen play)
    • Donald Powell Wilson(book)
  • Stars
    • Millard Mitchell
    • Gilbert Roland
    • John Beal
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    • 6User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    Millard Mitchell
    Millard Mitchell
    • James T. Connie
    Gilbert Roland
    Gilbert Roland
    • Punch Pinero
    John Beal
    John Beal
    • Doc
    Marshall Thompson
    Marshall Thompson
    • Blivens Scott
    Alf Kjellin
    Alf Kjellin
    • Clem Randall
    Harry Morgan
    Harry Morgan
    • Dawson
    • (as Henry Morgan)
    Jay Adler
    Jay Adler
    • Steve Kopac
    Regis Toomey
    Regis Toomey
    • Dr. Gordon
    Fay Roope
    Fay Roope
    • Warden
    Carleton Young
    Carleton Young
    • Capt. Haggarty
    John Marley
    John Marley
    • Knotty Johnson
    Russ Conway
    Russ Conway
    • Dr. Hughes
    Byron Foulger
    Byron Foulger
    • Dr. Brint
    Charles Bronson
    Charles Bronson
    • Jocko
    • (as Charles Buchinsky)
    Wesley Addy
    Wesley Addy
    • Bit Role
    • (uncredited)
    Jack Carr
    • Harry Higgins
    • (uncredited)
    Dick Cogan
    Dick Cogan
    • Convict #2
    • (uncredited)
    Dick Curtis
    Dick Curtis
    • Guard
    • (uncredited)
      • Hugo Fregonese
      • Michael Blankfort(screen play)
      • Donald Powell Wilson(book)
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    • Trivia
      Millard Mitchell was the first actor to win a Golden Globe Best Supporting Actor award without receiving a corresponding Academy Award nomination. The other 6 in chronological order are: Earl Holliman in The Rainmaker (1956), Stephen Boyd in Ben-Hur (1959), Oskar Werner in The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965), Richard Attenborough in The Sand Pebbles (1966) then Doctor Dolittle (1967) (these two wins in successive years), Richard Benjamin in The Sunshine Boys (1975) and Aaron Taylor-Johnson in Nocturnal Animals (2016).
    • Goofs
      The convicts manage to carry off an elaborate scheme to bring Randall's wife from Canada and smuggle her into the prison simply so Randall can enjoy ten minutes of marital bliss. But there is no explanation offered as to just exactly how they got her out again, nor why Randall didn't go with her, if they did, after it's all over.
    • Quotes

      Doc: [voice over] I also remember how grateful I was that at least some of my men had learned to be loyal. Not to a gang or to power but to a job; in a small way to society and this gave me hope for their future.

    • Connections
      Referenced in The Glass Wall (1953)
    • Soundtracks
      Columbia The Gem of the Ocean
      (uncredited)

      Written by David T. Shaw

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    8/10
    Unusual funny and human comedy-drama
    A sleeper that evidently few have seen recently, this unpretentious comedy-drama can take an honorable mention in the long list of prison films. An early Stanley Kramer production, it received critical acclaim but was not a box-office success. Nevertheless, it has good character acting, some very amusing scenes, and enough dramatic tension to hold the attention and set off the comic moments.

    Don't be put off by the overly earnest opening, as the new, wet-behind-the-ears psychiatrist arrives at the prison hoping to reform the penitentiary system single-handed. Although Kramer reportedly had prison reform in mind in making the film, this movie is not about psychological theories, which are lightly passed over with buzz-word gobbledygook. It's not even about the good doctor himself or his research so much as it's about the six cons of the title, as they become human beings to us.

    Speaking of buzz-words, the genial Connie's psycho-babble malapropisms are among the best of the running gags. The many funny scenes stand out against the grim realism of the penitentiary, shot on location at San Quentin. The comedy also contrasts sharply with the dramatic dilemma the "doc" must face between gaining (and keeping) the confidence of his six cons and learning too much to be healthy in the deadly reality of prison life. But overall this is a human comedy more than an edge-of-your seat drama.

    There are excellent photographic moments using long wide-angle shots to dramatize the starkness of the prison environment, which contrast well with the friendly intimacy gradually established in the psychiatrist's office. And the movie gets an extra star for the fine score by Dimitri Tiomkin, famous for many much better-known movies from "It's a Wonderful Life" to "The Guns of Navarone".

    It's well worth watching for this to come around on television, as you are unlikely to find it at your corner video store -- not available on DVD or VHS at the time of writing.
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    • Release date
      • March 20, 1952 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
      • Italian
      • Latin
    • Also known as
      • San Quentin State Prison, San Quentin, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Stanley Kramer Productions
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    • 1 hour 44 minutes
      • Black and White

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