The Brig

The Brig

68 mins | Drama, War | Sept. 20, 1964

An ultra-realistic depiction of life in a Marine Corps brig (or jail) at a camp in Japan in 1957. Marine prisoners are awakened and put through work details for the course of a single day, submitting in the course of it to extremely harsh and shocking physical and mental degradation and abuse.

The Brig

68 mins | Drama, War | Sept. 20, 1964

The Brig
An ultra-realistic depiction of life in a Marine Corps brig (or jail) at a camp in Japan in 1957. Marine prisoners are awakened and put through work details for the course of a single day, submitting in the course of it to extremely harsh and shocking physical and mental degradation and abuse.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers White Line Productions
Original title The Brig
Directors Jonas Mekas
Writers Kenneth H. Brown

Cast

Warren Finnerty

as Lintz

Henry Howard

as Cpt. Grace

Tom Lilard

as Warden

James Tiroff

as Prisoner No.1

Steven Ben Israel

as Prisoner No.2

Rufus Collins

as Prisoner No.3

Gene Lipton

as Prisoner No.4

Michael Elias

as Prisoner No.5

William Shari

as Prisoner No.6

Viktor Allen

as Prisoner No.7

George Bartenieff

as Prisoner No.8

Gene Gordon

as Prisoner No.9

Mark Duffy

as Prisoner No.10

Henry Proach

as New Prisoner

Carl Einhorn

as Prisoner Chaser

Luke Theodore

as Prisoner Chaser

Jim Anderson

as Tepperman