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Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
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A jaunty excursion about three convicts who are plotting their escape from Devil's Island. Fate intervenes when they hide out with kindly but inept Felix and his family. Based on a play by Albert Husson.
Three convicts, Joseph, Albert and Jules, are plotting their escape from Devil's Island. Fate intervenes when they hide out with kindly but inept Felix and his family. Felix manages a store for his arrogant cousin Andre, who makes the fatal mistake...
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"FROM THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF HIGH-RISERS comes a groundbreaking and honest investigation into the crisis of the American criminal justice system-through the lens of parole. Perfect for fans of Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crow and Bryan Stevenson's Just Mercy The United States, alone, locks up a quarter of the world's incarcerated people. And yet apart from clichaes-paying a debt to society; you do the crime, you do the time-there...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
"A tense, thrilling, fabulous tale." ―Philadelphia Inquirer They were American and British air force officers in a German prison camp. With only their bare hands and the crudest of homemade tools, they sank shafts, forged passports, faked weapons, and tailored German uniforms and civilian clothes. They developed a fantastic security system to protect themselves from German surveillance. It was a split-second operation as delicate and as deadly...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
A defiant chain-gang prisoner suffers a 'failure to communicate' in this searing drama. Includes new commentary and all new featurettes: The Making of Cool Hand Luke and a profile of novelist, co-screenwriter and the real 'Cool Hand Luke' Donn Pearce.
Lucas Jackson is a man who refuses to be nailed down, conform to rules and regulations, or fit into society, and now, he's on a chain gang. He's a likable enough guy, always smiling, always ready for...
5) Eileen
Publisher
Decal
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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Description
"In 1960s Boston, Eileen shuffles between her emotionally haunted home and the prison where she works. When an intoxicating woman joins the prison staff, Eileen is taken--but her newfound confidant entangles her in a shocking crime"--
6) Eileen
Publisher
Neon
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
In 1960s Boston, Eileen shuffles between her emotionally haunted home and the prison where she works. When an intoxicating woman joins the prison staff, Eileen is taken but her newfound confidant entangles her in a shocking crime.
Author
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Description
"A hotheaded hacker must outwit the AI at the heart of a rogue warship–turned–penal colony if she and her crew of con women want to escape with their lives in this electrifying sci-fi thriller from the acclaimed author of Bonds of Brass. “Fleet-footed, quick-witted, and beguiling, The Salvation Gambit is a good old-fashioned tale of high adventure.” - Emery Robin, author of The Stars Undying. Murdock has always believed in Hark, the woman...
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