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20/06/1980 Crime, Drama 2h 5m
70
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One man against a cruel system.

Overview

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

  1. Stuart Rosenberg

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Robert Redford

    Brubaker

  2. Yaphet Kotto

    Dickie Coombes

  3. Jane Alexander

    Lillian

  4. Murray Hamilton

    Deach

  5. David Keith

    Larry Lee Bullen

  6. Morgan Freeman

    Walter

  7. Matt Clark

    Purcell

  8. Tim McIntire

    Huey Rauch

  9. Richard Ward

    Abraham

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2014-06-28
Corruption and Murder told with cathartic style.

It's odd that whenever talk of Prison base films crops up you rarely see Brubaker mentioned as a viable piece of work, which to me personally is a damn shame because it's origin source provides a worthy story to be involved in.

Based on the writings of Tom Murton, a Prison Farm Reform Warden in Arkansas in the late 60s, the corruption and murder the film deals with is a very frightening reality, and although this film is obviously fictionalised to a degree, the evidence of the main themes can be found from many sources.

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$9,000,000.00

Revenue
$37,121,708.00

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