DEATHWATCH, 1960

 

Author: Jean Genet
Prod. and Dir.: Vic Morrow

Greeneyes: Michael Forest
 Jules le Franc: Leonard Nimoy
Maurice: Paul Mazursky
The Guard: Robert Ellenstein

 

Three men in a prison cell, in France. One of them, Greeneyes, is a murder, condemned to death. The two others recognize him as a leader and fight for his acceptance.
A dark, claustrophobic play about hidden homosexuality and psychological addiction.

The play became a movie in 1966