Murder in the First, Dan Gordon
Murder in the First, Dan Gordon
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Murder in the First

Author: Dan Gordon

Narrator: Edward Asner

Unabridged: 1 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/15/2021

Categories: Fiction, Drama


Synopsis

This moving courtroom drama is based on a true incident that exposed the shocking conditions at Alcatraz. The tale begins when 18-year old Willie Moore makes the biggest mistake of his life. Now all he wants is a chance to talk baseball before he dies. Recorded at the DoubleTree Guest Suites, Santa Monica, in 1995. Directed by Steve Albrezzi Producing Director Susan Albert Loewenberg Edward Asner as Henkin and Warden Harold Humson Kate Asner as Mary McCasslin David Birney as Byron Davidson Ron Byron as The Bailiff and The Jailer William Frankfather as Milton Glenn and Harve Bennet Arye Gross as Henry Willard Davidson Andrew Hawkes as Willie Moore Cynthia Mace as Blanche and Irene Eric Poppick as William McNeil John Randolph as Judge Henry T. Clawson Gil Segel as Jerry Hoolihan, the Landlord, and Burt Russell Bill Smitrovich as Derek Simpson, the Foreman, and Terrence Swenson Radio Production and Original Music by Raymond Guarna; Foley Artist: Amy Strong

About Dan Gordon

Dan Gordon was head writer of the hit TV series Highway to Heaven: his screenwriting credits include The Hurricane, Murder in the First, Wyatt Earp, and The Celestine Prophecy. He is the author of the stage adaptations of Terms of Endearment and The Rain Man, co-founder of the Zaki Gordon Institute in Sedona, Arizona, and a teacher at Columbia University School of the Arts. He lives in Los Angeles.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jenny on November 14, 2024

Fictionalized account of a real event. As a play, the characters are easy to understand: young idealist on his first big case, his successful and therefore open to corruption older brother, his beautiful and smart finance, his client as an example par excellence of how corruption in incarceration am......more

Goodreads review by Denise on April 17, 2019

A book based on a movie of the same name. The story is about a prisoner in Alcatraz who kills a fellow prisoner – a snitch – after being released from three years of solitary confinement. The story is a retelling of a (highly fictionalized) historical event in the 1930s. Idealistic young Defense Att......more

Goodreads review by Kristi on June 04, 2024

WOW!!! What a powerful play about the inhumane effects of solitary confinement in Alcatraz!!! Highly recommend!! Kristi & Abby Taby......more

Goodreads review by Alvin Lewis on July 29, 2011

A very powerful story that is engaging to say the least. Suprisingly easy to read, perhaps because it was adapted from a movie. It was based on a true story though, and I'm a sucker for novels based on true stories.......more