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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.
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.
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...
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Henry Brubaker is the new warden at Wakefield prison. He makes his entrance as a prisoner in order to get a convict's-eye-view of the real state of the institution. To his horror he finds all manner of abuse and corruption which, after disclosing his real identity, he sets out to correct.
302. Robert Redford stars in this potent drama based on the real life story of Tom Murton, the prison superintendent who exposed scandalous abuse and murder in a state prison. Posing as a...
The warden of a cruel and corrupt Southern prison farm fights for reform and shakes up the entire community. 1,560 IMDb 7.1 2 h 10 min 1980. R. Drama · Action · Eerie · Gritty.
A project to film an exposé of the Arkansas prison reformer Tom Murton was tossed around Hollywood for a decade before finally being filmed as Brubaker (1980), starring Robert Redford. The screenplay by W.D. Richter adds new twists to the old story of corruption.
Jun 28, 2014 · 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.
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 powerful, illuminating film.
