Brubaker (1980)

06/20/1980 (US) • 2h 5m

Crime, Drama

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.

Top Billed Cast

Robert Redford

Henry Brubaker

Yaphet Kotto

Richard 'Dickie' Coombes

Jane Alexander

Lillian Gray

Murray Hamilton

John Deach

David Keith

Larry Lee Bullen

Matt Clark

Roy Purcell

Tim McIntire

Huey Rauch

Richard Ward

Abraham Cook


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$9,000,000.00

Revenue

$37,121,708.00

Keywords

prison

undercover

liberation of prisoners

arkansas

prison warden

based on true story

prison brutality

abuse

1960s

prison farm

prisoner abuse

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