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Brubaker (1980)

R 06/20/1980 Crime, Drama 2h 5m
71%
User
Score
7.1/10
74%
54/100

One man against a cruel system.

Overview

The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.

Stuart Rosenberg

Director

W.D. Richter

Screenplay

Arthur A. Ross

Story

Top Billed Cast

Robert Redford

Robert Redford

Henry Brubaker

Yaphet Kotto

Yaphet Kotto

Richard 'Dickie' Coombes

Jane Alexander

Jane Alexander

Lillian Gray

Murray Hamilton

Murray Hamilton

John Deach

David Keith

David Keith

Larry Lee Bullen

Morgan Freeman

Morgan Freeman

Walter

Matt Clark

Matt Clark

Roy Purcell

Tim McIntire

Tim McIntire

Huey Rauch

Richard Ward

Richard Ward

Abraham Cook

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written on June 28, 2014

Corruption and Murder told with cathartic style.

It's odd that whenever talk of Prison base films crops up you rarely see Brubaker mentioned as a viable piece of work, which to me personally is a damn shame because it's origin source provides a worthy story to be involved in.

Based on the writings of Tom Murton, a Prison Farm Reform Warden in Arkansas in the late 60s, the corruption and murder the film deals with is a very frightening reality, and although this film is obviously fictionalised to a degree, the evidence of the main themes can be found from many sources.

Robert Redford plays the title character who chooses to go into the prison farm as a convict to see at first hand how the Farm is run, what he sees shocks him to the core, which in turn rightly shocks the viewer as...

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A review by aushro3

Written on June 27, 2022

One of the top 3 prison based movie ever made but highly underrated, sometimes I feel really so sad when see that there are many many top class movies from 80"s & 90"s are very underrated while they need or deserve a really very high attention and fame too,and this one "Brubaker" is one of them....

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A review by Wuchak

Written on May 31, 2023

**_A maverick prison warden uncovers corruption and tries to make positive changes_**

In 1967-1968, a state penal farm in Arkansas gets a new warden (Robert Redford) who discovers condoned sexual abuse, severe beatings, electrical torture and extortion by inmates with guns who work as "trusty" guards (to save money otherwise spent on salaried guards). Then there’s the lousy quality and meager amount of sustenance for the inmates on a penal plantation that marketed enough produce and dairy products to create profits in the millions.

“Brubaker” (1980) is a fictionalized detailing of Tom Murton’s 1969 book, Accomplices to the Crime: The Arkansas Prison Scandal. It’s a realistic prison drama with the expected grunginess and brutalities revealing how the penal installation was ...

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