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Prison is a american film of genre Drama directed by Renny Harlin released in USA on 4 march 1988 with Viggo Mortensen

Prison (1987)

Prison
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Released in USA 4 march 1988
Length 1h42
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Thriller,    Horror,    Crime
Rating57% 2.8994852.8994852.8994852.8994852.899485

Prison is a 1987 horror film starring Viggo Mortensen. It was filmed at the Old State Prison in Rawlins, Wyoming, with many of its residents on the cast and crew.

Synopsis

In 1964, inmate Charlie Forsythe swallowed 60,000 volts of electricity for a murder he did not commit.

Actors

Viggo Mortensen

(Burke / Forsythe Electrocution)
Chelsea Field

(Katherine Walker)
Lane Smith

(Warden Eaton Sharpe)
Lincoln Kilpatrick

(Cresus)
Tom Everett

(Rabbitt)
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