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About
The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.
Theatrical
Jun 20, 1980
Box Office
$37.1M
Budget
$9.0M
Return
4.1x
DVD / Blu-ray
May 20, 2003
Theaters
1
Director
Writers
Producers
Music
Studio
20th Century Fox
Quotes
See all →One Man vs. An Unjust System
Taglines
One man against a cruel system.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Warden: Most Wanted Man in Prison
Taglines
The most wanted man in Wakefield prison is the warden!
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →R
Robert Redford
Brubaker
Y
Yaphet Kotto
Dickie Coombes
J
Jane Alexander
Lillian
M
Murray Hamilton
Deach
D
David Keith
Larry Lee Bullen
M
Morgan Freeman
Walter
M
Matt Clark
Purcell
T
Tim McIntire
Huey Rauch
R
Richard Ward
Abraham
J
Jon Van Ness
Zaranska
M
M. Emmet Walsh
C.P. Woodward
A
Albert Salmi
Rory Poke
L
Linda Haynes
Carol
E
Everett McGill
Caldwell
V
Val Avery
Wendel
R
Ron Frazier
Willets
D
David Harris
Duane Spivey
J
Joe Spinell
Birdwell
J
James Keane
Pinky
K
Konrad Sheehan
Glenn Elwood
