Everybody is after the money stolen by Hook before he ended up in prison, including the villainous head guard Capt. Stambell.Everybody is after the money stolen by Hook before he ended up in prison, including the villainous head guard Capt. Stambell.Everybody is after the money stolen by Hook before he ended up in prison, including the villainous head guard Capt. Stambell.
Roland Bob Harris
- Capt. Otis Stambell
- (as Roland 'Bob' Harris)
Paul Harris
- Jackson Barney
- (as Paul E. Harris)
Frank DeKova
- Capiello
- (as Frank De Kova)
Quinn K. Redeker
- Warden
- (as Quinn Redeker)
Charles Cyphers
- Nicol
- (uncredited)
Luther Fear
- Fighter with Laundry Paddle
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
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Did you know
- TriviaJim Brown insisted that someone as big or bigger than him be cast as the lead bad guy in the film in order to make his major confrontation with Glover at the end seem like a fair fight. This is why the hulking Ted Cassidy was cast as Glover.
- GoofsThere is no way a cement mixer truck would be left overnight in a prison, especially with cement in it. The disposal of the prison guard in the mixer is gruesome but very unrealistic.
- Alternate versionsUK pre-cert VHS on MGM, catalogue number UMV 10444, is censored for violence. Possibly pre-cut by MGM, nervous of then-brewing Video Nasty rumpus. Strangely, the cassette offers a running time of 97 minutes, six minutes longer than the accepted duration for this film.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Dusk to Dawn Drive-in Trash-o-Rama Show Vol. 8 (2002)
Featured review
Jonathan Kaplan locks-up Jim Brown
A year before directing Isaac Hayes in the violent yet breezy blaxploitation TRUCK TURNER, director Jonathan Kaplan put Jim Brown in prison for a more sparse and serious THE SLAMS, mostly taking place behind bars, and without relying on melodramatic prison tropes, since everything that goes down... from bullies to shiv-fights to mean guards... is tightly connected to the plot...
Where Jim Brown, an idealistic criminal from a groovy heist prologue, stole and hid loot from the mob, and, once in prison, a locked-up gangster hires gigantic convict Jack Cassady to attempt getting the formidable Brown to confess...
Making the more cerebral than physical, fast-talking prison captain Roland Bob Harris a far more effective villain (better than a typical tyrannical warden or henchman guard), connecting to Brown's newscaster girlfriend Judy Pace while working with pimp Paul Harris (also a pimp in TURNER), to either locate the money or plan a mutual escape...
And while the predictably safe and self-contained Jim Brown's tough enough from any interior adversary, Jonathan Kaplan's creative 70's-style direction keeps the suspense on par with the non-stop action.
Where Jim Brown, an idealistic criminal from a groovy heist prologue, stole and hid loot from the mob, and, once in prison, a locked-up gangster hires gigantic convict Jack Cassady to attempt getting the formidable Brown to confess...
Making the more cerebral than physical, fast-talking prison captain Roland Bob Harris a far more effective villain (better than a typical tyrannical warden or henchman guard), connecting to Brown's newscaster girlfriend Judy Pace while working with pimp Paul Harris (also a pimp in TURNER), to either locate the money or plan a mutual escape...
And while the predictably safe and self-contained Jim Brown's tough enough from any interior adversary, Jonathan Kaplan's creative 70's-style direction keeps the suspense on par with the non-stop action.
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- May 19, 2023
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- Gross US & Canada
- $259,078
- Runtime1 hour 31 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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