The Glass House

7.1
1972 1 hr 30 min Drama , TV Movie

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 , Vic Morrow , Clu Gulager , Billy Dee Williams , Kristoffer Tabori , Dean Jagger , Scott Hylands

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Reviews

Solemplex
1972/02/04

To me, this movie is perfection.

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Exoticalot
1972/02/05

People are voting emotionally.

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StyleSk8r
1972/02/06

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

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Kaydan Christian
1972/02/07

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

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