Convicted (1950)

Directed by Henry Levin
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Turner Classic Movies)

Glenn Ford gets drunk and punches out someone at an upscale bar. He dies and Ford is convicted of manslaughter by sympathetic DA Broderick Crawford. In prison, Ford is partially corrupted by fellow inmates. Crawford becomes the new warden and recognizing that Ford has been railroaded gives him special privileges. Meanwhile the prisoners are after a rat who sabotaged their prison break. Another trustee commits murder in front of Ford, testing his loyalty to the men against his desire to do the right thing by Crawford. The characters and story never get beyond expected prison stereotypes and the ending is never in doubt. Ya!