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    The Jericho Mile

    1979 · Drama · 1h 40m

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  1. The Jericho Mile is a 1979 Emmy Award-winning United States made for TV crime sports film, directed by Michael Mann. The film won five awards, including three Emmy Awards. The story is set at Folsom Prison, and the film was shot on location there amongst the prison population.

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  2. Mar 18, 1979 · The Jericho Mile: Directed by Michael Mann. With Peter Strauss, Richard Lawson, Roger E. Mosley, Brian Dennehy. A prisoner gets a chance to take part in the Olympics.

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    • Crime, Drama, Sport
    • Michael Mann
    • 1979-03-18
  3. The Jericho Mile is a 1979 Emmy Award-winning United States made for TV crime sports film, directed by Michael Mann. The film won five awards, including three Emmy Awards. The story is set at Folsom Prison, and the film was shot on location there amongst the prison population. Larry Murphy was convicted of first degree murder and is serving a life term in Folsom Prison for shooting his father ...

  4. Dec 11, 2019 · In THE JERICHO MILE, initially written by Patrick J. Nolan, Mann saw the opportunity to inject the clean-cut morality of the MOW format with a dose of the gritty, real-life drama he experienced behind the walls of Folsom.

  5. Mar 18, 2024 · While The Jericho Mile is indeed a prologue to his more canonical oeuvre, it is also the end of the journey that made him Michael Mann. Before Mann could really express his native Chicago on ...

  6. Mar 18, 2024 · Shot at Folsom with a mix of actors (including the late Brian Dennehy) and very real convicts, where the threat of riots and stabbings loomed over the production daily, Jericho Mile went on to win three Emmys — including one for Mann’s writing and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Special for Strauss, who reportedly ran 70 miles ...

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  8. The Jericho Mile. Larry "Rain" Murphy (Peter Strauss) is stuck in Folsom Prison for life on a first-degree murder charge. An inmate who prefers to be alone, Murphy spends much of his time...

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