He realized that the sadistic warden had always despised--and envied--his ability to think and behave as though he were a machine, for it made predicting his behavior impossible.

He told The Miami Herald in 1971 that he had watched sadistic wardens and guards "contribute to the increase of crime. . . . The medical attention was unbelievably bad.

Even the lecherous, sadistic warden, Boss Whelan (Mr. Redgrave), has a moment in which he contemplates the degree to which his mind has been poisoned by his profession.

In two acts, it tells the dramatic story of conflict among convicts, guards and a sadistic warden in a maximum-security prison in the United States.

In the 22-member cast, Peter Samuel is especially noteworthy as a sadistic warden, sporting a bass that descends to subterranean depths.

It was all an honest mistake, of course, but tell that to the sadistic warden (Mr. Wincott), who takes the flesh off Edmond's back during his annual floggings.

It depicts a reform school for girls that is operated by a sadistic and evil warden, Sutter, and her henchwoman Edna.

An innocent man, unjustly incarcerated in a brutal facility, clashes with a sadistic warden.

The sadistic warden is played for all the viciousness he is worth by Charles Durning.