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1978

Scared Straight!

Directed by Arnold Shapiro
It took going behind bars to keep them out.

The filmed depiction of a program where convicts tell troubled kids about the horrors of prison life. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2007.

Duration

0h 52m

Released

November 2, 1978

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Cast1

  • Peter Falk

Part ofThe Scared Straight Collection

Includes Scared Straight! (1978), Scared Straight! 20 Years Later (1999), and Scared Straight! Another Story (1980).

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