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Release Date
19 January 1955
Tagline
You can lock them in "The Hole"...put them on bread and water...use the bull-whip and the black-jack...but they're still men...with a man's longings! THE STORY OF CHINO PRISON, CALIFORNIA WHICH DID SOMETHING ABOUT IT...TOLD HOW IT HAPPENED...WHERE IT HAPPENED!
Genre
Country
USA
Filming Locations
California Institution for Men - 14901 Central Avenue, Chino, California, USA
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Sound Mix
Color
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Film Class
Themes
Tags
Control,
Convict,
Criminal,
Farmer,
Honor [recognition],
Humanity,
Inmate,
Institution,
Minimum Security,
Prison,
Reform [improve],
Reformed Criminal,
Security,
Warden
Wikipedia
Unchained is a 1955 prison film based on the non-fiction book Prisoners are People by Kenyon J. Scudder. The film is most remembered for its theme song, "Unchained Melody", which was a #1 R&B hit for both Al Hibbler & Roy Hamilton in 1955, with Hibbler's version also reaching #3 on the Billboard Chart & also a #4 Pop hit for the Righteous Brothers in 1965.
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