Scared Straight!
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.
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Genre: Documentary
Director: Arnold Shapiro
Actors: Peter Falk
Country: United States of America
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