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Scared Straight!: Directed by Arnold Shapiro. With Peter Falk, Mickie Cold, Doug Cronin, Carlo Gallo. The filmed depiction of a program where convicts tell troubled kids about the horrors of prison life.
May 15, 2013 · Scared Straight 1978. MIXEDMADNESS. 9.09K subscribers. 44K. 3.5M views 10 years ago. ...more. The original scared straight from 1978 with follow ups on the youths and "lifers" 20 years...
Apr 14, 1999 · A rite of passage for nearly every teenager 20 years ago, Arnold Shapiro’s groundbreaking documentary “Scared Straight!” has become an important tool in the crusade for crime prevention. “20...
Scared Straight! 1978 52m Crime Drama Documentary List Reviews 76% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings Convicts tell troubled kids about life in prison.
- Crime, Drama, Documentary
This film shows the Scared Straight program that has hardened convicts from maximum security prisons tell their stories about the truth about prison life in order to convince kids that no crime is worth the risk of being incarcerated — Kenneth Chisholm <kchishol@execulink.com>.
About this movie. Scared Straight! is a 1978 American documentary directed by Arnold Shapiro. Narrated by Peter Falk, the subject of the documentary is a group of juvenile delinquents and their...
First released in 1979, Scared Straight! was instantly praised for its graphic depiction of prison life and innovative approach to juvenile crime prevention.
