6.9 Score

1980 • 2h 5min • R • Crime, Drama

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"One man against a cruel system."

The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.

IMDb 7.1

RT 74%

MC 54

Director

Stuart Rosenberg

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W.D. Richter

Arthur A. Ross

Composer

Lalo Schifrin

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Robert Redford

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Yaphet Kotto

Dickie Coombes

Jane Alexander

Lillian

Murray Hamilton

Deach

David Keith

Larry Lee Bullen

Morgan Freeman

Walter

Matt Clark

Purcell

Tim McIntire

Huey Rauch

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Jane Alexander Lillian

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Richard Ward Abraham

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