Against the Wall

Initial release date:

  • 1994

Directed by:

Film

Directed by

John Frankenheimer

John Michael Frankenheimer (February 19, 1930 – July 6, 2002) was an American filmmaker. He is known for making The Manchurian Candidate (1962), Birdman of Alcatraz (also 1962), The Train, (1964) and Seven Days in May (also 1964). Frankenheimer was born in Malba, Queens, New York, the son of Helen...
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