A 1970 TV movie where the real prison break is escaping the runtime.
A prison inmate comes up with a plan to break out in order to be near his wife--and also the $50,000 in stolen cash for which he was originally imprisoned.
Acting
Red Buttons steals scenes as Pipes—the comic relief you didn't expect.
Practical Effects
Real winter locations, zero CGI, maximum shivering authenticity.
Director
Richard Irving
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Richard Irving directed this between episodes of Columbo and Kojak, bringing his police procedural eye to the prisoner side of the bars.
This aired in the wake of the Attica Prison uprising (1971), making its sympathetic inmate protagonist a quietly radical TV choice for the era.
US
