Scared Straight!

“It took going behind bars to keep them out.”

7.4/ 10 12 votes 1978-11-02 0h 52m 0 popularity

The filmed depiction of a program where convicts tell troubled kids about the horrors of prison life. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2007.

Director: Arnold Shapiro

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Peter Falk

Narration (voice)

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