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The Violent and the Damned(1962)
Status: Released
Date: 1962-01-01
35%
2 Votes
Time: 0h 58m
Run convict. Run from the sun. ... the cry is escape now or die!
Overview:
When chain gang prisoners attack their guards, some of the hardened criminals escape Brazil's infamous Anchieta Prison amidst all the pick-ax carnage. The government dispatches a machine-gun squad to round up the fugitives, who have fled by foot and boat and now have begun to turn on each other.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
A.D.P. Pictures Inc.
Movie: The Violent and the Damned
Top 10 Billed Cast
Arturo de Córdova
Sadi Cabral
Tônia Carrero
Wilton Franco
Steve Conte
Convict
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