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Release, runtime and language
1969 · 96 mins · English
Directed by
Buzz Kulik
Starring
Gene Hackman, Jim Brown, Ben Carruthers, Mike Kellin, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Michael Byron

A desperate group of inmates engineers a violent prison riot as a smokescreen for their escape, unleashing a brutal clash that leaves numerous guards and prisoners dead. The chaos spirals into the most catastrophic uprising in the facility’s history, filmed on location at Arizona State Prison.

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