(Henry Levin, 1950)Release date: 26 June 2023Standard Edition Blu-rayConvicted brings Glenn Ford (The Undercover Man) and Broderick Crawford (The Mob) together in a claustrophobic film noir look at life behind bars.Locked up for manslaughter, Joe Hufford witnesses a prison murder, but refuses to break the criminal code of silence despite the encouragement of understanding warden George Knowland, and the very real threat of the electric chair...This remake of Howard Hawks’ The Criminal Code is a riveting prison drama, directed by Henry Levin (Journey to the Centre of the Earth), and co-written by William Bowers (The Web). INDICATOR STANDARD EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES High Definition remaster Original mono audio Audio commentary with film historians Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson (2021) Codes and Convictions (2021, 30 mins): video essay by Jonathan Bygraves which examines Convicted in relation to Columbia Pictures’ other screen adaptations of Martin Flavin’s play The Criminal Code So Long Mr. Chumps (1941, 18 mins): comedy short starring the Three Stooges in which the trio discover that prison life is a complicated business Image gallery: promotional and publicity materials New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing #PHISE314BBBFC cert: PGREGION BEAN: 5060697923377
