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2) Stir crazy
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999.
Language
English
Description
Two zany drifters are mistakenly sent to prison for a robbery they didn't commit. They must rely on their wits in order to survive a sadistic warden, a hulking mass-murderer and worst of all, the inter-prison rodeo.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Humphrey Bogart plays one of his rare comedy roles in this jaunty excursion about three convicts - Joseph (Bogart), Albert (Aldo Ray) and Jules (Peter Ustinov) - who are plotting their escape from Devil's Island. Fate intervenes when they hide out with kindly, but inept Felix (Leo G. Carroll) and his family. Felix manages a store for his arrogant cousin Andre (Basil Rathbone), who makes the fatal mistake of stealing Albert's pet, a poisonous snake....
5) Escape plan
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
When a structural security authority finds himself locked in the world's most secret and secure prison, he must use his skills to escape.
Series
Joan Crawford collection volume 2
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2008.
Language
English
Description
Through impenetrable jungles. Across perilous swamps. Desperate for a second chance at life, a band of Devil's Island felons and a tough-as-nails prostitute struggle toward freedom. Film giants Gable and Crawford team for the eighth and last time in this gripping story that explores the lures of the flesh and the transcendence of the spirit. Fighting each other and the elements, the stars imbue this provocative adventure with audacity, power and passion....
7) The escapist
Publisher
MPI Media Group
Pub. Date
c2010.
Language
English
Description
Frank Perry is a tough lifer determined to bust out of a London penitentiary to see his terminally ill daughter before she dies. But first he'll have to assemble a hardcore crew, battle the brutal prison kingpin, and pull off one of the most daring and suspenseful escapes in movie history.
8) City of fear
Series
Columbia Pictures film noir classics volume 2
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
A criminal escapes from jail with what he thinks is pure heroin, but is actually a radioactive powder. Now, the cops must find him before he exposes the whole city.
Series
Criterion collection volume 129
Pub. Date
2001
Language
Français
Description
In a Paris prison cell, five inmates use every ounce of their tenacity and ingenuity in an elaborate attempt to tunnel to freedom. Four of the inmates have been together for awhile in their cell, when Gaspard, the fifth inmate, is added to the cell. The original four inmates must decide if they want to take him into their confidence or not and whether to continue tunneling or not.
10) The longest yard
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
A former pro football quarterback suddenly lands in a maximum security prison. Using fellow inmates, he must put together a motley group of cons to play a no-holds-barred grudge game against the sadistic guards.
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Red, a lifer who "knows how to get things" inside the bleak walls of Shawshank State Prison, finds himself drawn to new inmate Andy, a quiet banker with an indomitable will. As Andy brings hope and change to the entire prison, he turns out to be full of surprises.
Publisher
Trimark Home Video
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
Français
Description
Based on a true story about revenge, fear and redemption. In 19th century St. Pierre, a convict sentenced to death strives to better himself in the eyes of the police chief's beautiful wife and that of the town that she has him working in. Since there is no guillotine or executioner, one of each has to be sent for from France.
17) Each dawn I die
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2006.
Language
English
Description
A muckraking reporter is framed for murder and sent to a particularly brutal prison.
19) Prison state
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
With this intimate, graphic film, award-winning director Dan Edge follows four residents of a housing project in Louisville, Ky., as they cycle in and out of the state's jails and prisons. More than two years in the making, the program uses deep access to the Louisville jail to offer raw firsthand accounts from prisoners, prison staff, and people whose lives are forever altered by this troubled system, and focuses on the efforts of Mark Bolton, the...
20) Animal factory
Publisher
Arrow Video
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A first time felon is sentenced to two years in prison and is mentored by a veteran inmate.
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