Scared Straight!(1978)
It took going behind bars to keep them out.
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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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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1978-11-02
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It took going behind bars to keep them out.
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