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Convicts 4
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| Convicts 4 | |
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| Directed by | Millard Kaufman |
| Produced by | A. Ronald Lubin |
| Written by | Millard Kaufman John Resko |
| Starring | Ben Gazzara Stuart Whitman Vincent Price Rod Steiger |
| Music by | Leonard Rosenman |
| Cinematography | Joseph F. Biroc |
| Editing by | George White |
| Distributed by | Allied Artists Pictures Corporation |
| Release date(s) |  September 15, 1962 February 15, 1963 |
| Running time | 105 min. |
| Country | U.S.A. |
| Language | English |
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Convicts 4 is a 1962 prison film starring Ben Gazzara and directed by Millard Kaufman. It is based on the autobiography of John Resko, Reprieve.
The film tells the true story of John Resko, who was condemned to the electric chair at the age of eighteen. He robbed and killed the owner of a pawnshop to get money to feed his young daughter. At the last minute he was reprieved by the governor (Franklin Delano Roosevelt, though not portrayed as such in the movie).
Resko has difficulty adjusting to life in prison. But he eventually adapts, with the help of fellow convicts played by Sammy Davis Junior, Ray Walston and Timothy Carey. Despite the title, the film focuses on Resko far more than the other three inmates.
While serving in prison, Resko becomes a talented painter. He gains the attention of members of the art world such as Carl Calmer, played by Vincent Price, who fight for his release. He is pardoned and reunited with his daughter and granddaughter, who is the same age as was Resko's daughter when he was first imprisoned.
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