American prison film since 1930 : from The big house to The Shawshank redemption / David Gonthier, J...
American prison film since 1930 : from The big house to The Shawshank redemption / David Gonthier, J...
American prison film since 1930 : from The big house to The Shawshank redemption / David Gonthier, Jr.
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Lewiston, N.Y. ; Lampeter : Edwin Mellen Press, c2006.
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N791.43655/49
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English
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vii, 219 p. ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Introduction : defining the prison movie genre -- Ch. 1. The gangster in jail : prison films of the 1930s and 1940s -- The big house (1930) -- Ch. 2. From pre-code : exploited women-in-prison films -- Caged heat (1974) -- Ch. 3. Behind enemy bars : the World War II POW film -- Stalag 17 (1953) -- Ch...
Midnight express (1978) -- Frank Darabont -- The Shawshank redemption (1994) -- Conclusion : the prison film in the millennium and beyond.
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Publisher
Lewiston, N.Y. ; Lampeter : Edwin Mellen Press, c2006.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c2006.
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American prison film since 1930 : from The big house to The Shawshank redemption / David Gonthier, Jr.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-207) and index.
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N791.43655/49
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74VKvK2oEGE3
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0773458336 :
9780773458338 :
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791.436556
MMS ID
991021486659702626
