The Brig

The Brig (1964)

War Drama

Jonas Mekas’s film captures The Living Theatre’s stage production of The Brig, an unflinching portrait of life inside a U.S. Marine Corps jail in Japan in 1957. Over the course of a single day, prisoners endure relentless drills, abuse, and dehumanization, exposing the brutality of military discipline with stark immediacy.

star 6.6 7.2
  • Release Date: 1964-09-20
  • Runtime: 1h 8min
  • Director: Jonas Mekas

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    • Cast

    • Warren Finnerty

      Lintz

    • Henry Howard

      Cpt. Grace

    • Tom Lilard

      Warden

    • James Tiroff

      Prisoner No.1

    • Steven Ben Israel

      Prisoner No.2

    • Rufus Collins

      Prisoner No.3

    • Gene Lipton

      Prisoner No.4

    • Michael Elias

      Prisoner No.5

    • William Shari

      Prisoner No.6

    • Viktor Allen

      Prisoner No.7

    • George Bartenieff

      Prisoner No.8

    • Gene Gordon

      Prisoner No.9

    • Mark Duffy

      Prisoner No.10

    • Henry Proach

      New Prisoner

    • Carl Einhorn

      Prisoner Chaser

    • Luke Theodore

      Prisoner Chaser

    • Jim Anderson

      Tepperman

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