Brubaker (1980)
Brubaker is a 1980 American prison drama film directed by Stuart Rosenberg about a prisoner in distress and the Warden Henry Brubaker (Robert Redford) who attempts to reform the system. The screenplay by W.D. Richter is a fictionalized version of the 1969 book, Accomplices to the Crime: The Arkansas Prison Scandal by Tom Murton and Joe Hyams, detailing Murton's uncovering of the 1967 scandal. The film boasts a large supporting cast of stars including Yaphet Kotto, Tim McIntire, Nathan George, David Keith, Everett McGill, Murray Hamilton, Matt Clark, M. Emmet Walsh and Jane Alexander, with an early appearance by Morgan Freeman. Rosenberg replaced Bob Rafelson, who was removed as director early in production. This would become his second major film picturing prison life, after Cool Hand Luke.
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Cast:
- Jane Alexander
- Val Avery
- Wilford Brimley
- Matt Clark
- Robbie DeVol
- Morgan Freeman
- Murray Hamilton
- Linda Haynes
- James Keane
- David Keith
- Yaphet Kotto
- Everett McGill
- Tim McIntire
- John McMartin
- A. Daniel Parrish
- Robert Redford
- Albert Salmi
- Joe Spinell
- Jon Van Ness
- M. Emmet Walsh
- Richard Ward
- William Newman (William M. Newman)
- Noble Willingham