Taglines: They locked him up. They crushed his spirit. But they couldn’t hide the truth.
Murder in the First movie storyline. Henri Young stole five dollars from a post office and ended up going to prison – to the most famous, or infamous, prison of them all: Alcatraz. He tried to escape, failed, and spent three years and two months in solitary confinement – in a dungeon, with no light, no heat and no toilet. Milton Glenn, the assistant warden, who was given free reign by his duty-shirking superior, was responsible for Young’s treatment. Glenn even took a straight razor and hobbled Young for life.
After three years and two months, Young was taken out of solitary confinement and put with the rest of the prisoners. Almost immediately, Young took a spoon and stabbed a fellow prisoner in the neck, killing him. Now, Young is on trial for murder, and if he’s convicted he’ll go to the gas chamber. An eager and idealistic young attorney, James Stamphill, is given this impossible case, and argues before a shocked courtroom that Young had a co-conspirator. The true murderer, he says, was Alcatraz.
Murder in the First is a 1995 American drama thriller film, directed by Marc Rocco, about a petty criminal named Henri Young (portrayed by Kevin Bacon) who is put on trial for murder in the first degree. The film also stars Christian Slater, Gary Oldman, Embeth Davidtz, Brad Dourif, William H. Macy, R. Lee Ermey, Kyra Sedgwick, Stephen Tobolowsky and Mia Kirshner.
Murder in the First (1995)
Directed by: Marc Rocco
Starring: Christian Slater, Kevin Bacon, Gary Oldman, Embeth Davidtz, Brad Dourif, William H. Macy, R. Lee Ermey, Kyra Sedgwick, Stephen Tobolowsky, Mia Kirshner
Screenplay by: Dan Gordon
Production Design by: Kirk M. Petruccelli
Cinematography by: Fred Murphy
Film Editing by: Russell Livingstone
Costume Design by: Sylvia Vega-Vasquez
Set Decoration by: Greg J. Grande
Art Direction by: Michael Rizzo
Music by: Christopher Young
MPAA Rating: R for strong images of prison brutalities, sexuality and language.
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Date: January 20, 1995
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