i be a massive fan of prison drama which be reflect in oz be my all time favourite american tv show . i guess the appeal lie in a type of smug voyeurism of want to see bad thing happen to bad men bottom and but i find don siegel riot in cell block 11 to be rather disappointing . okay i know since it be make in 1954 it would be devoid of bad language and graphic shankings and gang rape but even so it a rather weak film compare to prison portrayal in early movie like each dawn i die and white heat . the problem lie in the preachy tone of the movie with riot leader dunn be something of a prison reformer . yeah that sound ridiculous since he a violent anti hero rather than some limp wristed tree hugging do gooder on a salary and but that what he be in essence and he want to see prisoner rehabilitate to rejoin society rather than be make to suffer . there also a problem of make a b movie with such radical theme ( quite ironic that siegel would later make dirty harry where the only good criminal be a dead one ) and that be the cast isn not very good with emile meyer a the warder be especially irritate in his performance . like i say a disappointing movie .