Murder in the First

After being imprisoned in Alcatraz for petty theft, Henri Young leads a failed escape attempt from the infamous prison. As punishment for the doomed getaway, prison warden Milton Glenn places Young in solitary confinement for three years. When Young is finally released from his torturous ordeal, now a completely broken man, he kills an inmate and is charged with murder in the first degree. Although it initially appears to be an open-and-shut case, after Young's attorney James Stamphill learns the facts of Young's time in solitary confinement, he launches a daring defense that blames Alcatraz's inhumane conditions for driving Young to insanity and therefore causing him to kill.

Tagline

The trial that brought down Alcatraz.

Deutsch čeština español italiano עברית 한국어 大陆简体 svenska русский язык 日本語 français Magyar język polski Türkçe English suomi
Cast & Crew
Artwork
Lists
Notes

Christian Slater
as James Stamphill

Kevin Bacon
as Henri Young

Gary Oldman
as Associate Warden Glenn

Embeth Davidtz
as Mary McCasslin

William H. Macy
as William McNeil

Stephen Tobolowsky
as Mr. Henkin
* needs role-specific image

Brad Dourif
as Byron Stamphill
* needs role-specific image

R. Lee Ermey
as Judge Clawson
* needs role-specific image

Mia Kirshner
as Adult Rosetta Young
* needs role-specific image

Ben Slack
as Jerry Hoolihan
* needs role-specific image

Stefan Gierasch
as Warden James Humson
* needs role-specific image

Kyra Sedgwick
as Blanche
* needs role-specific image

Alex Bookston
as Alcatraz Doc
* needs role-specific image

Richie Allan
as Jury Foreman
* needs role-specific image

Herb Ritts
as Mike Kelly
* needs role-specific image

Charles Boswell
as Simpson
* needs role-specific image

David Michael Sterling
as Inmate Rufus "Roy" McCain
* needs role-specific image

Michael Melvin
as Inmate Arthur "Doc" Barker
* needs role-specific image

George Maguire
as Inmate #1
* needs role-specific image

Nick Scoggin
as Inmate #2
* needs role-specific image

Douglas Bennett
as Inmate #3
* needs role-specific image

Joseph Richards
as Inmate #4
* needs role-specific image

Julius Varnado
as Inmate #5
* needs role-specific image

Tony Barr
as Winthrop
* needs role-specific image

Stuart Nisbet
as Harve
* needs role-specific image

Gary Ballard
as Alcatraz Guard Swenson
* needs role-specific image

Randy Pelish
as Alcatraz Guard McKeon
* needs role-specific image

Neil Summers
as Alcatraz Guard Whitney
* needs role-specific image

Sonny King
as Alcatraz Guard Wimer
* needs role-specific image

Eddie Bowz
as Alcatraz Guard
* needs role-specific image

Brian Leckner
as Alcatraz Guard
* needs role-specific image

Time Winters
as Alcatraz Guard
* needs role-specific image

James Keane
as Alcatraz Guard
* needs role-specific image

Lance Brady
as Alcatraz Guard
* needs role-specific image

Michael Merrins
as Alcatraz Guard
* needs role-specific image

Ray Quartermus
as City Jail Guard
* needs role-specific image

Lee Mathis
as City Jail Guard
* needs role-specific image

Wayne Parks
as City Jail Guard
* needs role-specific image

Warren Spottswood
as Cable Car Conductor
* needs role-specific image

Thomas Fenske
as Newsreel Reporter
* needs role-specific image

Robert Lee
as Newsreel Reporter
* needs role-specific image

Sheldon Feldner
as Man on the Street #1
* needs role-specific image

Fred Franklin
as Man on the Street #2
* needs role-specific image

Danny Kovacs
as Man on the Street #3
* needs role-specific image

Joseph Lucas
as Man on the Street #4
* needs role-specific image

William Hall
as Man on the Street #5
* needs role-specific image

Bill Barretta
as Man on the Street #6
* needs role-specific image

Randall Dudley
as Man on the Street #7
* needs role-specific image

Wally Rose
as Shopkeeper
* needs role-specific image

Amanda Borden
as Rosetta Young – Age 9
* needs role-specific image

Eve Brenner
as Winthrop's Secretary
* needs role-specific image

Joseph Cole
as Marshall Gates
* needs role-specific image

Richard Kwong
as Chinese Monk
* needs role-specific image

Gary Lee Davis
as Giant of a Man
* needs role-specific image

Name
Dan Gordon
Name
Marc Rocco

No artwork of this type.

No artwork of this type.

No artwork of this type.

No artwork of this type.

No lists.

No lists.

No lists.

Please log in to view notes.