The Glass House

Truman Capote wrote the story for this vivid, brutally powerful made-for-TV movie that depicts life inside a Utah prison. Alan Alda stars as a college professor who winds up behind bars after being convicted of manslaughter, Vic Morrow plays a ruthless inmate who runs the prison’s drug trade and rules with an iron fist, and Clu Gulager is an idealistic young guard with lofty ideas about fixing a broken system. With Billy Dee Williams, Dean Jagger, Kristoffer Tabori. 91 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English; Subtitles: English; interview.