Riot
“They exploded the ugliest riot in prison history to cover their dangerous, desperate break for freedom.”
A riot in a state prison is staged to cover up an escape attempt, during which many inmates and guards are killed. Shot on location at Arizona State Prison.
Genres
Drama, Crime, Thriller
Studio
Paramount Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Riot performed
Budget
N/A
Worldwide Gross
$1.3M
Gross Profit
N/A
Return
N/A
Opening Wknd (est.)
$187K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
Cast
Cully Briston
Jim Brown
Cully Briston
Red Fraker
Gene Hackman
Red Fraker
Bugsy
Mike Kellin
Bugsy
Grossman
Gerald S. O'Loughlin
Grossman
"Surefoot"
Ben Carruthers
"Surefoot"
Mary Sheldon
Clifford David
Mary Sheldon
Jake
Bill Walker
Jake
Murray
Michael Byron
Murray
Fisk
Jerry Thompson
Fisk
Gravel Gertie
Ricky Summers
Gravel Gertie
Queen #1
Mr. Gerri
Queen #1
Queen #2
John Neiderhauser
Queen #2
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