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Acting
Redford's quiet fury and Yaphet Kotto's wounded dignity steal every scene.
Direction
Rosenberg makes Arkansas mud feel like a character—claustrophobic, inescapable, alive.
Writing
Based on real Arkansas prison scandals; the nonfiction makes it hurt more.

Director
Stuart Rosenberg
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