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Brubaker

Brubaker

One man against a cruel system.

19807.12h 5m

Overview

The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.

Directed by Stuart Rosenberg
Written by W.D. Richter, Arthur A. Ross
Produced by Ron Silverman
Box OfficeBudget: $9.0MRevenue: $37.1M

Top Cast

Robert Redford

Robert Redford

Brubaker

Yaphet Kotto

Yaphet Kotto

Dickie Coombes

Jane Alexander

Jane Alexander

Lillian

Murray Hamilton

Murray Hamilton

Deach

David Keith

David Keith

Larry Lee Bullen

Morgan Freeman

Morgan Freeman

Walter

Matt Clark

Matt Clark

Purcell

Tim McIntire

Tim McIntire

Huey Rauch

Richard Ward

Richard Ward

Abraham

Jon Van Ness

Jon Van Ness

Zaranska

Themes & Keywords

prisonundercoverliberation of prisonersarkansasprison wardenbased on true storyprison brutalityabuse1960sprison farmprisoner abuseprisãoagente infiltrado

About Brubaker

Brubaker is a crime, drama film released in 1980 exploring themes of prison, undercover, liberation of prisoners, arkansas, prison warden, based on true story. Directed by Stuart Rosenberg, it stars Robert Redford, Yaphet Kotto, Jane Alexander. The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.

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