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Scared Straight!
"It took going behind bars to keep them out."
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1978-11-02
52m
ReleasedThe filmed depiction of a program where convicts tell troubled kids about the horrors of prison life. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2007.
Director: Arnold Shapiro
Cast
Peter Falk
Narration (voice)
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