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Carl Panzram is sent to Leavenworth Prison for burglary. While there, he is brutally beaten by a guard. Neophyte guard Henry Lesser feels sympathy for Panzram, befriends him, and gets him to write his life story. Lesser learns that Panzram's past is much more violent than he thought, but also that he's capable of being a much better person than the rest of the prison staff believes - or so Lesser thinks.
Theatrical
Sep 6, 1996
DVD / Blu-ray
Aug 14, 2001
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Writer
Producers
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Breakheart Films, Ixtlan Productions
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Cast
Full credits →J
James Woods
Carl Panzram
R
Robert Sean Leonard
Henry Lesser
C
Cara Buono
Esther Lesser
E
Ellen Greene
Elizabeth Wyatt
R
Robert John Burke
R.G. Greiser
L
Lili Taylor
Woman in Speakeasy
S
Seth Romatelli
Teenaged Carl Panzram
R
Richard Riehle
Warden Quince
H
Harold Gould
Old Henry Lesser
J
John Bedford Lloyd
Dr. Karl Menninger
J
Jeffrey DeMunn
Sam Lesser
S
Steve Forrest
Warden Charles Casey
C
Conrad McLaren
Judge John W. Kingman
R
Richard Council
Cop
N
Nicholas Guest
Additional Voice (voice)
