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Television
Cole, Lewis | May 16, 1994 issue

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The article presents information on the motion picture "Against the Wall," directed by John Frankenheimer. Frankenheimer's framework is old-fashioned melodrama. His main character, Smith is an everyman, white, early 20s, just married, about to become a lather, a hippie who cuts his hair shoulder-length and takes the family job at the factory. When he is captured by the inmates of the prison, he resists the inmates but pleads their case when he is interviewed on television. His principled stand wins the respect of the black Muslim militant leader, Jamaal X. When the state troopers launch their deadly assault to retake the prison, Smith is spared by Jamaal only to be almost killed by the troopers.

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MOTION pictures; AGAINST the Wall (Film); FRANKENHEIMER, John, 1930-2002; RADICALS; PRISONERS; VIOLENCE
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