Yes, the first thing that I want to say is that movie and its remake 25 years later BOTH were directed by producers, not genuinely directors; I think that deserves to be told. Howard Koch was also a producer, as Bischoff, but directed a bit more films than him
- ONLY ONE. Preston Foster is absolutely impressive here. A powerful indictment against prison, death penalty and judicial system in general. But the 1957 version is maybe more brutal, exciting, tense, thanks to Mickey Rooney in a less theatrical directing. Because it is obvious that this thirties movie looks really like a stage play adaptation.