control of inmates (1965)

[miscellanium]

legit one of my fav images of him - the framing is so interesting and also fuck he's super cute. so cute. also. the eroticism of that pose..... hfdhgfjkd

the "is this worth watching for lawrence dane" rating: 4/5

ohhh my god he is so young in this. this was made three years after "lion of quebec" so he wouldn't have even been 30 yet.... this is a short film, around 25 minutes, and he's what amounts to the lead character inasmuch as training videos can have a lead. he's super handsome and tall and he smiles a bunch in this and you can see him singing! in a group so you can't make out his voice, but still.... one point off since it's a video by and for cops - even worse, prison guards specifically lmao.

the plot: as noted above, this doesn't really have one in the typical sense. apparently it's based on a true escape story, according to a guy who worked on the production. we follow dane's character from intake through his attempts to ingratiate himself with the officers and then his escape. it's a bit funny how lax/incompetent the security would have been at the time compared to current understandings of prison practices, and it's interesting in a depressing way to see what hasn't changed at all.

at the time of my writing this post, "control of inmates" isn't listed on his wikipedia or imdb pages. but digging into the bowels of an internet search for larry zahab led me to that letter linked above and i knew i had to see if i could find it since the NFB also produced "lion of quebec" and the surprisingly good 1975 tv movie "the heatwave lasted four days". earlier this year i emailed them and did my best to describe the movie based on the information given in the guy's letter, and they said they had a 1965 police training film by douglas jackson under the title of "control of inmates". i promptly checked to see whether it had an imdb entry to potentially cross-check any acting credits and the answer was yes but the only credits are director douglas jackson and the narrator. since jackson worked with dane again for "heatwave" that made me sure this was the movie i was looking for. (heatwave will get a review eventually, don't worry lol.) still a bit of a gamble, though, so it was super exciting when the dvd arrived and i could prove myself right!! there were no actor credits in the film itself but my man is unmistakable.

highlight: waist................................. the only time i've wanted to be a cop


you can view a version with autocaptions here. and now for the selected screencaps! none of them has been altered.

i don't think i can properly communicate the thrill i got when the car door opened and i recognized him lol. also, to have him cuffed to me............


TEEFIES


ogghhh he's beautiful. just beautiful here. absolute perfection.

he was super cute playing with the railing when he was being led to his cell i had to make a gif so it'd be easier to share

i feel like that was probably his own idea, since he's talked about being a method actor and he really seems to like touching things/people in general lol




god. jesus fuck. i'm reminded of an anecdote from one of gordon pinsent's books about being at a party around this time and seeing larry leave with a girl on each arm. i believe it. look at him.


that angle..... that expression............... it's almost like you're kneeling and. yeah. Yeah


😭😭😭😭 his smile.................. he tends to play characters who mostly just smirk so full smiles like this feel rare and exciting 😭😭 he's also shown having fun at a makeshift hockey game but there's so much movement it doesn't cap well. unbearably cute nonetheless!!!


gorgous... georgsos.... georushs.... georgeous..... gorgeous


thanks to the ppl on aethy who helped me choose which screencaps of his hands to use lol. just look at all that sexy texture




he would've been SO good as the lead or secondary lead in a heist movie. the shadows love his bone structure. and so do i!!!! (screaming white cat gif)

for the last few minutes of the film it's too dark and/or he's moving too quickly to screencap well. a shame, because there's a point where he climbs onto another guy's shoulders to get through a vent and we get a decent look at his butt despite the baggy clothes. from the footage we're shown it seems as though for the rope-climbing bit they ended up cutting away from the older actor, not dane. kinda wish they'd filmed him actually climbing for a bit before cutting away, since that guy's letter made it sound like dane was able to get up a fair amount, but ah well. he's super cute anyway.

as mentioned earlier, this is a short enough film that it's very easy to justify watching if you want to see baby dane. he doesn't have much actual dialogue but he shows up plenty and is great eye candy when he's onscreen. do consider checking it out!

bonus: looking like boyfriend material with those books in his hands. sorry. not sorry. sorry.