''The Glass House'' is a 1972 American
made-for-television
A television film, alternatively known as a television movie, made-for-TV film/movie or TV film/movie, is a feature-length film that is produced and originally distributed by or to a television network, in contrast to theatrical films made fo ...
drama film
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starring
Alan Alda
Alan Alda (; born Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo; January 28, 1936) is an American actor, screenwriter, and director. A six-time Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award winner, he is best known for playing Captain Benjamin "Hawkeye" Pierce in the war come ...
,
Vic Morrow
Victor Morrow (born Victor Morozoff; February 14, 1929 – July 23, 1982) was an American actor. He came to prominence as one of the leads of the ABC drama series '' Combat!'' (1962–1967), which earned him an Emmy nomination for Outstand ...
, and
Clu Gulager
William Martin Gulager (; November 16, 1928 – August 5, 2022), better known as Clu Gulager, was an American television and film actor and director born in Holdenville, Oklahoma. He first became known for his work in television, appearing in ...
, directed by
Tom Gries
Tom Gries (December 20, 1922 – January 3, 1977) was an American TV and film director, writer, and film producer.
Life and career
Gries was born in Chicago, Illinois. His mother, Ruth, later remarried to jazz musician Muggsy Spanier, who ...
. It originally aired on
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS, the abbreviation of its former legal name Columbia Broadcasting System, is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainm ...
on February 4, 1972.
Synopsis
A college professor convicted of manslaughter and a prison guard both start their first day in the same prison.
Cast
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Alan Alda
Alan Alda (; born Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo; January 28, 1936) is an American actor, screenwriter, and director. A six-time Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award winner, he is best known for playing Captain Benjamin "Hawkeye" Pierce in the war come ...
as Jonathon Paige
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Vic Morrow
Victor Morrow (born Victor Morozoff; February 14, 1929 – July 23, 1982) was an American actor. He came to prominence as one of the leads of the ABC drama series '' Combat!'' (1962–1967), which earned him an Emmy nomination for Outstand ...
as Hugo Slocum
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Clu Gulager
William Martin Gulager (; November 16, 1928 – August 5, 2022), better known as Clu Gulager, was an American television and film actor and director born in Holdenville, Oklahoma. He first became known for his work in television, appearing in ...
as Brian Courtland
*
Billy Dee Williams
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as Lennox
*
Kristoffer Tabori
Kristoffer Tabori (also known as K.T. Donaldson, born Christopher Donald Siegel; August 4, 1952) is an American actor and television director.
Early life
Tabori was born in Malibu, California, the son of American film director Don Siegel and Sw ...
as Allan Campbell
*
Dean Jagger
Dean Jagger (November 7, 1903 – February 5, 1991) was an American film, stage, and television actor who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Henry King's ''Twelve O'Clock High'' (1949).
Early life
Dean Jeffrie ...
as Warden Auerbach
*
Scott Hylands
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Early years
Hylands was born ...
as Ajax
*
Edward Bell as Sinclair
*
Roy Jenson
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Early years
Born in Calgary, Alberta, Jenson moved to Los Angeles with his family as ...
as Officer Brown
*
Alan Vint
Alan Richard Vint (November 11, 1944 – August 16, 2006) was an American character actor.
Vint was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He appeared in a number of supporting roles during the 1970s in films such as ''The McMasters'' (1970), ''Two-Lane Bla ...
as Bree
*
Luke Askew
Francis Luke Askew (March 26, 1932 – March 29, 2012) was an American actor. He appeared in many Western (genre), westerns, and had a lead role in the spaghetti Western ''Night of the Serpent'' (''La notte dei serpenti''; 1969). He also had a s ...
as Bibleback
*
Tony Mancini as Steve Berino
*
G. Wood
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Wood was born in Forrest City, Arkansas. He was one of four actors to appear in both the 1970 film ''M*A*S*H'' and the telev ...
as Pagonis (uncredited)
Production
Filming took place at
Utah State Prison
Utah State Prison (USP) was one of two prisons managed by the Utah Department of Corrections' Division of Institutional Operations. It was located in Draper, Utah, United States, about southwest of Salt Lake City.Utah Department of Correc ...
in
Draper, Utah
Draper is a city in Salt Lake and Utah counties in the U.S. state of Utah, about south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front. As of the 2020 census, the population is 51,017, up from 7,143 in 1990.
Draper is part of two metropolitan areas; ...
, 20 miles outside of
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the capital and most populous city of Utah, United States. It is the seat of Salt Lake County, the most populous county in Utah. With a population of 200,133 in 2020, th ...
.
Accolades
Tom Gries won a
in 1972 for directing this TV movie. The film also won the
Golden Shell
The Golden Shell ( es, Concha de Oro; eu, Urrezko Maskorra) is the highest prize given to a competing film at the San Sebastián Film Festival. It was introduced in 1957. In 1953 and 1954, the highest prize had been called the Gran Premio. In 19 ...
at the 1972
San Sebastián International Film Festival
The San Sebastián International Film Festival ( SSIFF; es, Festival Internacional de San Sebastián, eu, Donostia Zinemaldia) is an annual FIAPF A category film festival held in the Spanish city of Donostia-San Sebastián in September, in ...
.
References
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1972 television films
1972 films
1972 drama films
American drama television films
CBS network films
Films based on works by Truman Capote
Films directed by Tom Gries
Films scored by Billy Goldenberg
Films shot in Utah
1970s American films
1970s English-language films
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