Walls
Drama
A social worker is trying to stop the inhuman treatment of prisoners.
Director
Thomas Shandel
Writers
N/A
Stars
Lloyd Berry, Anthony Holland, Elizabeth Leigh-Milne
Release Date
November 23, 1984
Language
English
Country
Canada
🎯 4
Nominations
💬 1
Reviews
🎭 Top Cast
Lloyd Berry
as Warden Lou Gallagher
Anthony Holland
as Frank McIntyre
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Elizabeth Leigh-Milne
as Karen
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Perry Long
as Ben Nelson
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John Lord
as Louis Martin
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Tony Morelli
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Andrée Pelletier
as Joan Tremblay
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Winston Rekert
as Danny Baker
Alan Scarfe
as Ron Simmons
Howard Storey
as Hiller
🎬 Technical Specs
Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Color
Filming Location
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Production
Jerico Films
🏷️ Keywords
based on true storybased on playindependent film
🎯 Categories
Drama
⭐ Featured Review
A Black Day For British Columbia, As Terrified Hostages Are Forced Into A Dramatic Climax.
"Born in France, Christian Bruyère based his 1978 play "Walls", as well as the screenplay, for this climactically violent film that was first released six years later, upon an actual hostage-taking situation that occurred in 1975 at the since closed British Columbia Penitentiary, wherein a social worker assigned to the Prison, Mary Steinhauser, was slain. The play opened in Vancouver, its law-breaking lead performed by Winston Rekert, who is also top-billed here in this Canadian-made production. Bruyère, subsequently an accomplished Vancouver-based film producer, somewhat alters histo..."
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📖 Synopsis
A social worker is trying to stop the inhuman treatment of prisoners.