Scared Straight! (1978)

Name: Scared Straight!
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1978-11-02
Duration: 52 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Peter Falk

11/02/1978 (US)

Documentary

12h 52m

It took going behind bars to keep them out.

Overview

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.

Arnold Shapiro
Writer, Director

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Peter Falk

Narration (voice)

Part of the Scared Straight Collection

Includes Scared Straight!, Scared Straight! 20 Years Later and Scared Straight! Another Story

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