sol1218 ***SPOILERS*** Excellent behind bars or prison film narrated by Charles Lung, as the voice of Falsom Prison, on how brutal the US Prison System was at the turn of the 20th Century and how men of consciouses and humanity went as far as risking their careers as well as in some cases their live in order to correct it.Falsom Prison run by the take no BS and give no mercy warden Ben Ricky, Ted de Corsia, has become so untenable for the convicts sent there that they were more then willing to risk their lives, as well as take the lives of others,in making attempts to break out of it. It's when the new second in command Mark Benson, played by future Mister District Attorney David Brian, got there that things started to improve for the prisoners to the point that even the most hardened convicts accepted their being incarnated there as long as they were treated humanely. ***SPOILER ALERT*** It was Warden Rickey who's brutal actions, that he mostly participated in himself, against the prisoners that soon lead to a major prison breakout that cost the lives of some dozen convicts as well as his own. That despite Benson's best efforts in trying to prevent it. It was the soon to be paroled convict Red Pardue, Philip Carey, who touched off this bloody break-out by informing on fellow convict Nick Ferretti, William Campbell, who was about to make a break out that would have, in Parude driving the truck that Ferritti was hiding in, cost him his release. In fact Prude saved Ferretti's, who's in for murder one, life by preventing him from breaking out which would have ended up with him being shot down before he made it to the prison walls or high wire electrified fences. With Warden Ricky instead of putting Pardue in protective custody until his release from prison putting him into the general prison population he ended up getting killed, by a boobie trap explosion, a day before he was t be released from jail.**SPOILERS*** Convict Chuck Daniels, Steve Cochron,who's been planning a break-out for years sees his chance not only to break out of Falsom Prison but get even with those who were responsible for the death of his good friend and fellow convict Red Pardue convicted murderer Ferretti and the two bit white collar hood and official Folsom Prison plumber Tinker, Dick Wesson, who dynamited Pardue to death! All hell breaks loose as Danial & Co. make their escape attempt with warden Ricky instead of defusing the situation actually inflames it. With everything going to pot and the national guard called in to prevent the bloodshed Daniel and a number of his attempted escapees brake into Ferretti and Tinker's cell to exact Justice, prison justice, on them. As things turned out the justice that Daniel's & Co. exacted was to backfire on them as well!It was this failed prison break out that cost the lives of over a dozen prisoners and prison guards, including warden Ricky, that finally got the state of California to put into its prison the reforms that Mark Benson was asking for. Those behind bars in Folsom Prison or any other prison in the country did forfeit their rights as free man and women for the crimes that they committed in being sent there. But by brutalizing them like Warden Ricky did it made them even worse and caused them to takes the kind of actions that unlimitedly ended up not only taking their but innocent persons, convicts and prison guards, lives as well!

Neil Doyle Unfortunately, Crane Wilbur's direction is not strong enough to allow INSIDE THE WALLS OF FOLSOM PRISON to be anything more than a routine prison melodrama illustrating prison reform when a man with new ideas (DAVID BRIAN) is given a chance to change the brutal practices of Warden Rickey (TED DeCORSIA).And fans of STEVE COCHRAN will be surprised that he has such a peripheral part when he's given top billing over David Brian. His part in the prison escape featured at the conclusion of the film is the only time he gets the spotlight. Otherwise, he's just one of the men unhappy with the prison system and looking for the right moment to make his move.All of the brutal episodes featured in the story could have come across with greater effect as they have in many Warner prison melodramas featuring stars like James Cagney or Edward G. Robinson or Humphrey Bogart. Instead, the total effect is less than striking because the story ambles on in a way that never lifts it out of routine.Disappointing. Ted DeCorsia has the meatiest role as the brutal warden and does fairly well with a villainous role. David Brian is merely adequate in a rather colorless role as the good guy.

climbingivy Inside The Walls Of Folsom Prison is an excellent movie that shows some of the abuses that were practiced on prison inmates back in an earlier time in our history. I saw that this movie was listed on Turner Classic movies and I was thrilled and I could not wait to watch it.I was able to watch the movie this afternoon on Turner Classic Movies.Everything that David Brian is in is excellent.The narrator Charles Lung does a superb job in his narration at the beginning of the flick and at the end of the movie.I have never heard of Charles Lung,but his narration voice is amazing.I was surprised at the number of cast members who were not credited.His was not credited.Does not make any sense to me.The story was terrific and the sets.David Brian is one of my favorite actors.I try to see everything that he is in.I highly recommend this movie.

nghtwlkr109 The narrator of this film is William T. Woodson. He's done a lot of narrating and voice-overs down through the years, particularly the miniseries THE WINDS OF WAR and WAR AND REMEMBRANCE.Woodson narrated the opening credits of THE INVADERS ("David Vincent knows..."). He also narrates the opening credits for THE ODD COUPLE: "Can two divorced men share the same apartment without driving each other crazy?"He can also be seen in episodes of such varied television series as PERRY MASON, F TROOP, THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW as well as many others. According IMDb, his last known credit is for an episode of DUCKMAN in 1995.