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"They'll Blow Every Fuse in the Big House!"
After his death sentence is commuted to life in prison, John Resko is transferred from Sing-Sing to Dannemora where, with the help of a humane prison guard, he becomes a rehabilitated man and a successful painter.
44 Cast Members
Ben Gazzara
John Resko
Stuart Whitman
Principal Keeper
Ray Walston
Iggy
Vincent Price
Carl Carmer
Rod Steiger
Tiptoes
Broderick Crawford
Warden
Dodie Stevens
Resko's Sister
Jack Kruschen
Resko's Father
Sammy Davis Jr.
Wino
Naomi Stevens
Resko's Mother
Adam Williams
Guard
Jack Albertson
Teach
John Kellogg
Guard
Robert H. Harris
Commissioner
Carmen Phillips
Connie Resko
Timothy Carey
Nick
Myron Healey
Gunther
Lee Krieger
Stanley
Josip Elic
Vic the Barber
Arthur Malet
Storekeeper
