The Brig

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.

Cast

Warren Finnerty

Played Lintz
Henry Howard

Played Cpt. Grace
Tom Lilard

Played Warden
James Tiroff

Played Prisoner No.1
Steven Ben Israel

Played Prisoner No.2
Rufus Collins

Played Prisoner No.3
Gene Lipton

Played Prisoner No.4
Michael Elias

Played Prisoner No.5
William Shari

Played Prisoner No.6
Viktor Allen

Played Prisoner No.7
George Bartenieff

Played Prisoner No.8
Gene Gordon

Played Prisoner No.9
Mark Duffy

Played Prisoner No.10
Henry Proach

Played New Prisoner
Carl Einhorn

Played Prisoner Chaser
Luke Theodore

Played Prisoner Chaser
Jim Anderson

Played Tepperman

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