Deathwatch Summary
Director: Vic Morrow
Genres: Drama, Crime
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Who'd have thought that hardcase Combat star Vic_Morrow would choose a Jean_Genet play as his directorial debut? Deathwatch is set in a dank prison cell, where three inmates while away their time jockeying for power. Leonard_Nimoy (who also produced) plays a condemned murderer, the unofficial leader of the group, while Paul_Mazursky and Michael_Forest portray the other prisoners, one of them homosexual. The film looks like the photographed stage play that it is, but the intensity of the cast and direction makes up for any cinematic shortcomings. Featured in the cast on the "outside" are Gavin McLeod and Robert_Ellenstein. Morrow adapted Deathwatch for the screen in collaboration with his then-wife Barbara_Turner. Hal Erickson, Rovi
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