Nov 02, 1978
52 min
Full-HD

Scared Straight! (1978)

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.

Peter Falk

Narration (voice)

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Scared Straight! (1978)

Peter Falk