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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: Directed by Stuart Rosenberg. With Robert Redford, Yaphet Kotto, Jane Alexander, Murray Hamilton. The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.
Newly appointed Arkansas State Wakefield Prison warden Henry Brubaker (Robert Redford) poses as a prisoner and arrives at the penitentiary with other incoming convicts by bus. Brubaker is processed along with the rest of the new inmates.
Brubaker is the reform warden assigned to clean up the violence and corruption of Wakefield Prison Farm, a hellhole of sadism where no guards are needed because the prisoner trusties are armed and get time off their sentences for shooting escapees.
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. Stuart Rosenberg.
Posing as a prisoner, Brubaker (Redford) discovers corruption in a state penitentiary before revealing himself to be the new warden. His crusade to bring reform puts him in grave danger in this...
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...
