Short Eyes Directed by Robert M. Young, 1977

In “The Tombs,” Manhattan’s Men’s House of Detention, the criminal fraternities – blacks, Puerto Ricans and a minority of whites – develop their own caste system and codes. When a white man, Clark Davis, accused of child molestation – a “short eyes” in prison parlance – arrives at the prison he becomes a catalyst for the anger and violence that erupts amongst the inmates.