Ready for the People
Seen it?1964 | 57 min | Crime, Drama, TV Movie
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With a box office flop and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Aimed squarely at people who like their stories with a little danger and anyone who likes a story with emotional weight. Expect bad people, worse choices and a few surprises.
- The mood
- Dark and gritty.
- The pace
- Gives its people room to develop, at 57 min. Short enough for a weeknight.
- What might put you off
- Made in 1964: an older pace and style.
- Skip it if you like your heroes clean-cut.
In a barroom fight over Connie Zelenko, Eddie Dickinson is badly wounded and Connie's boyfriend is killed. Witnesses claim Dickinson is the killer, but he maintains his innocence despite public prosecutor Murray Brock's advice that he plead guilty and take a life-imprisonment sentence rather than risk capital punishment. When Connie comes out of hiding, she confirms the other witnesses' stories, but Brock believes Dickinson is innocent. Dickinson sticks to his story at his trial but receives the death sentence. In the death house, Dickinson continues to maintain his innocence, but after the execution of the sentence, Brock receives a letter from Dickinson confessing to the murder.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
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- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
Awards data unavailable, so this isn't counted
- Reach & staying powerWeak
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
Not enough engagement data yet
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Cast & crew
Directed by Buzz Kulik
- Simon OaklandMurray Brock
- Everett SloanePaul Boyer
- Anne HelmConnie Zelenko
- Richard JordanEddie Dickinson
- Karl HeldDave Ryan
- Bartlett RobinsonJohn T. McGrane
- Simon ScottDistrict Attorney
- Louis GussJoe Damico
- Harold GouldArnie Tomkins
- Don KeeferDr. Michaels