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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 510 films · Page 16.
Gangster Film, Justice Drama, crime film, drama film
Fascinated by the root causes of violent behavior, globally renowned psychologist Dr. Amanda Tyler has an opportunity to interview and analyze death row inmate Jackson Shea. As the interview commences with Jackson's fate hanging in the bal…
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Action, Komödie, Sci-Fi, science fiction film
On the planet Arous, Captain Bantor, the Sovereign and the Inquisitor attempt to quell an uprising of the defiant resident miners of Taura's planet by capturing her and killing her fellow dwarf miners and the wandering priest Zaal. Taura i…
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Crime, Thriller, crime film
Federal agent Ray Faulkner poses as a road gang convict and arranges the escape of a group of hardened chain-gang criminals. He forces them at gunpoint into a helicopter. In a flashback, Faulkner wants to take on local crime boss Burl, who…
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Action, Drama, Exploitation Film, exploitation film, prison film
Discontent leads to a daring escape plan in a women's prison where the inmates are all lingerie-clad models and the lesbian warden demands unusual favors for early parole.
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Fugitive Drama, drama film
TV reporter and former star athlete Mickey Almon is covering an international athletic event in Moscow when he is arrested by the KGB after being approached by a Russian scientist wanting him to smuggle secret information out of the Soviet…
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drama film, sexploitation film, women in prison film
Donna Price (Gloria Castillo) is picked up on a double date by Vince (Edward Byrnes). During the course of the evening she discovers that the car they are riding in is stolen. As the night unfolds, an argument ensues in the car and Vince t…
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Drama
In 1944 Frank Stirn moves his family to Wisconsin to become a barber for the US Army and a prisoner-of-war camp it oversees at Fort McCoy. Bitter that he is unable to fight because he is 4F, Frank takes a stand when a Nazi officer threaten…
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prison film
The movie covers the last 14 months of George Jackson's life as well as the conditions in California's prison industrial complex. George Jackson would spend 11 years incarcerated (7 of which were in solitary confinement) for a $70 gas stat…
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Film Noir, drama film, prison film
During the 1920s, long before the 1944 California prison reform, Warden Ben Rickey rules Folsom Prison with a ruthless hand. He believes that prisons should be used for punishment rather than for rehabilitation to reduce recidivism. His me…
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comedy film, prison film
Herbie Altman is framed by his business partner and sent to jail where he sets up "Con Inc." an investment company with the help of those around him. This is due to the fact that he helped a fellow inmate to invest his money. He runs the b…
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Exploitation Film, action film, thriller film
Four sadistic criminals who, after escaping during a transfer, take over a posh Manhattan apartment complex and start looting and terrorizing its occupants during New York City's 1977 blackout. Police officer Dan Evans sets out to rescue t…
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Film Noir, crime film, drama film, prison film
At a summer camp near a Colorado national park, a young boy runs a short race against his fellow campers and collapses with a severe asthma attack. The boy is taken to the camp's infirmary where nurse Emily Evans tries to help him with a d…
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Documentation, documentary film
Drama, drama film, prison film
Angie Booth is imprisoned following an assault committed in self-defence, and she escapes along with two other prisoners, Granny and Marguerite, to keep a date with her would-be fiancé Nick, who has been out of the country and unaware of h…
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comedy film, prison film
Miller plays Ben Babbitt, an accountant who is imprisoned for financial crimes. Davidson plays his cellmate Ron Carter. Ben is endeared to Kyle, a powerful prisoner who convinces Ben to use his computer expertise to help them escape from p…
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drama film, film noir, prison film
This account of a violent prison break is a semi-documentary that opens with a newsreel-type tour of the prison. Led by Carl Schwartzmiller (Jeff Corey), 12 convicts plan their escape but prisoner Jim Sherbondy (Scott Brady) is reluctant t…
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Film Noir, crime film, film noir
Vincent Lubeck is a habitual criminal who has recently been released from prison on parole thanks to the pleas of his elderly mother. He begins working at his brother Johnny's gas station, although there is tension between them. Johnny's f…
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Drama, Thriller, drama film, women in prison film
Parole officer Sandra Parker (Lois Nettleton) becomes aware of the death of one of her cases, Ginger Stratton, at the hands of brutal prison guard Claire Tyson (Ida Lupino). All too aware of Tyson's impeccable record, Parker and her friend…
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drama film, prison film
Drama, Film Noir, biographical film, comedy drama, prison film
Prison psychologist Doc attempts to help his incarcerated patients.
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Drama, Thriller, prison film
Action, Adventure, Crime, Secret Agent, spy film
John Craig is an aging British secret agent who is tasked with returning a defector, the Russian scientist Kaplan who has foregone science for a modest life as a goatherd in Turkey. Craig faces opposition from his boss, his younger replace…
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Action, Drama, women in prison film
In a revolution-torn country, 1 million US dollars is stolen by a group of revolutionaries, including Mai Ling and Jo Turner. The revolutionaries are betrayed by gang members Malavasi and One Eye, who helped them with the job, and are impr…
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Crime, crime film, drama film, prison film
The story is set in Tangier when it was an internationally controlled territory separate from Morocco during the years leading towards Morocco regaining its independence. Sean (Harvey) is held in a castle prison awaiting execution after a …
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