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.
The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.
Disgraced pro football quarterback Paul Crewe lands in a Texas federal penitentiary, where manipulative Warden Hazen recruits him to advise the institution's football team of prison guards.
When petty criminal Luke Jackson is sentenced to two years in a Florida prison farm, he doesn't play by the rules of either the sadistic warden or the yard's resident heavy, Dragline, who ends up admiring the new guy's unbreakable will.
Billy is released after five years in prison. In the next moment, he kidnaps teenage student Layla and visits his parents with her, pretending she is his girlfriend and they will soon marry.
The lives of six German-Turkish immigrants are drawn together by circumstance: An old man and a prostitute forging a partnership, a young scholar reconciling his past, two young women falling in love, and a mother putting the shattered pieces of her life back together.
After killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary confinement. Driven nearly mad by loneliness and despair, Stroud's life gains new meaning when he happens upon a helpless baby sparrow in the exercise yard and nurses it back to health.
Karen McCoy is released from prison with nothing but the clothes on her back. Before being incarcerated, Karen was the bank robber of her time, but now she wishes for nothing more than to settle down and start a new life.
Despite his dedication to the junior-high students who fill his classroom, idealistic teacher Dan Dunne leads a secret life of addiction that the majority of his students will never know.
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Truman Capote's The Glass House (1972) Trailer
Ripped directly from the Celebrity Video release of Lady Ice (1973.) Adapted from a story by Truman Capote (“In Cold Blood”) the world of the prison convict is ...
The Glass House (1972)
Full Film Full Movie. Prison film that was made for USA TV with outstanding performances from Vic Morrow Alan Alda Kristoffer Tabori and Clu Gulager.
The Glass House (trailer)
When Ruby and Rhett's parents are killed in a car accident their carefree teenage lives are suddenly shattered. Moving to an incredible house in Malibu with the ...
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Trailer for 'The Glass House' starring Leelee Sobieski Diane Lane and Stellan Skarsgård.
The Glass House (1972-TV)
Made-for-TV** (Filmed in the Utah State Prison) A grim award-winning portrait of prison life as seen throught the eyes of two newcomers--an idealistic rookie ...
The Glass House (1972) Clip 1 of 3
Classic prison film starring Alan Alda and Vic Morrow. This clip features the prison cafeteria scene where Hugo Slockum (Morrow) introduces himself to ...
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