Documentary

Scared Straight!

7.3

52 min

1978

Arnold Shapiro

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.

Top Cast

Peter Falk

Narration (voice)

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