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Scared Straight!

Name: Scared Straight!
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1978-11-02
Duration: 52 min
Cast: Peter Falk

It took going behind bars to keep them out.

1978·52m·Released

Documentary

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.

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Scared Straight Collection

Cast

Peter Falk

Narration (voice)

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