102 minutes
9/16/1978
Chilly is "top con" on the yard, a title that gives him absolute power. Power to make the rules. Power to kill. When a young con confronts Chilly's power, he learns the vicious price of defiance.
John Heard
as Juleson
Thomas G. Waites
as Chilly
Mike Kellin
as Red
Richard Bright
as Nunn
Joe Grifasi
as Morris
Lane Smith
as Blake
Richard Hayes
as Stick
Hector Troy
as Gasolino
Richard Jamieson
as Carpenter
Tom Toner
as Warden
Ron Faber
as Manning
David Clennon
as Psychiatrist
Don Blakely
as Tate
J.C. Quinn
as Luther
Eddie Jones
as Olson
Ben Slack
as Clemmons
James Remar
as Larson
Dave McCalley
as Redmond
Ludwick Villani
as Candy
John Taylor
as Schulte
Ivan Yount
as Inmate
Ralph Hobbs
as Zeke
David Berman
as Caterpillar
Dominic Chianese
as Mendoza (uncredited)
James Johnson
as Therapy Session
Ralph Basalla
as Processor