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Scared Straight!

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

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.

Release / first air1978-11-02

Original languageEN

GenresDocumentary

DirectorArnold Shapiro

WriterArnold Shapiro

BudgetNot available

RevenueNot available

ProductionGolden West Television

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1 cast members

Peter FalkNarration (voice)

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