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Delivers a menacing performance as the sadistic associate warden, Milton Glenn, who represents the cruelty of the system.

Brings an "idealistic passion" to the role of the young attorney, though some critics felt he was too young for the part. Historical Accuracy vs. Fiction subtitle Murder.in.the.First.1995.720p.BluRay.x...

While the trial did lead to a jury petition condemning the "inhuman" conditions at Alcatraz, the prison did not close because of this single case; it remained open for another two decades. Delivers a menacing performance as the sadistic associate

Praised for a "blistering" and "Oscar-caliber" performance, Bacon lost 20 pounds to portray the physically and mentally broken Young. Fiction While the trial did lead to a

The film suggests Young died shortly after the trial, but the real Young survived his sentence, was transferred to another prison, and was eventually paroled in 1972.

The story follows Henri Young, a petty criminal sentenced to Alcatraz for stealing $5 to feed his starving sister. After a failed escape attempt, Young is placed in "the hole"—a dark, solitary confinement cell—for over three years, far exceeding the legal limit of 19 days. Emerging from this ordeal in a dazed, psychotic state, he immediately murders a fellow inmate with a spoon. Stamphill, assigned what seems like an open-and-shut case, argues that the dehumanizing torture at Alcatraz turned Young into an "unwitting weapon" and that the prison administration is the true conspirator in the crime.

Murder in the First (1995) is a high-stakes legal drama that dramatizes the true story of Henri Young, a prisoner whose trial famously exposed the brutal conditions of Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary . Directed by Marc Rocco, the film stars Kevin Bacon as Young and Christian Slater as James Stamphill, the rookie public defender who chooses to put the prison system itself on trial.