
Scum(1977)
A hard and shocking story of life in a British borstal for young offenders.



Telly Savalas
Lt. Theo Kojak

Marjoe Gortner
Teddy Hopper

José Ferrer
Jake Weinhaus

Ned Beatty
Det. Dan Corrigan

Allen Garfield
Mario Portello

Lorraine Gary
Ruthie

Roger Robinson
Bobby Martin
Harriet Karr
Cindy
Gene Woodbury
Lewis Humes

Val Bisoglio
Det. Jacarrino
The Marcus-Nelson Murders is a tv movie, crime, drama film released in 1973. Directed by Joseph Sargent, it stars Telly Savalas, Marjoe Gortner, José Ferrer. A homicide detective begins to suspect that the black teenager accused of murdering two white girls is being framed by his fellow detectives.
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