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Brubaker is a 1980 American prison drama film directed by Stuart Rosenberg. It stars Robert Redford as a newly arrived prison warden, Henry Brubaker, who attempts to clean up a corrupt and violent penal system.
Jun 20, 1980 · Brubaker is a 1980 movie about a new warden who exposes the corruption and abuse in a prison farm in Arkansas. Based on a true story, the film features Robert Redford, Yaphet Kotto, Morgan Freeman and others in the cast.
- (20K)
- Crime, Drama
- Stuart Rosenberg
- 1980-06-20
A movie about a new warden who exposes and fights the corruption and abuse in a prison farm in Arkansas. He poses as an inmate, reveals his identity, and faces opposition from the local business community and the prison board.
Posing as an inmate at a small Arkansas prison, the new warden of the penitentiary, Henry Brubaker (Robert Redford), witnesses firsthand the corruption and abuse inflicted upon the prisoners by...
- (24)
- Stuart Rosenberg
- R
- Robert Redford
Robert Redford stars as a reform warden who exposes the corruption and violence of Wakefield Prison Farm. Ebert praises the realistic portrayal of the prison, but criticizes the lack of character development and the predictable plot.
Robert Redford stars in this potent drama based on the real life story of Tom Murton, the prison superintendent who exposed scandalous abuse and murder in a ...
Overview. The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate. W.D. Richter. Screenplay, Story.
