Brubaker

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1980-06-20

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

131 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (10764 Reviews)

Director:

Stuart Rosenberg

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Robert Redford Yaphet Kotto Jane Alexander Murray Hamilton

Writer:

W.D. Richter (screenplay)

W.D. Richter (story)

Arthur A. Ross (story)

Thomas O. Murton (suggested by)

Joe Hyams (suggested by)

Fullplot:

When the new warden comes in disguised as an inmate, he sees firsthand all the corruption and scams the guards and prison officials are running. When he reveals himself and starts to implement reforms to stop the corruption, the local business community, who had been benefiting from the scams, fights back, and the corrupt prison system starts making political trouble for the new warden.

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