Attica

Attica

5.7IMDb Score
Released:1980-03-02
Duration:97 min
Director:Marvin J. Chomsky
Actors:Henry Darrow, Charles Durning, Joel Fabiani, Morgan Freeman, George Grizzard
Production:ABC Circle Films

Overview:

Acclaimed dramatization recreating the incidents surrounding the 1971 revolt in New York's Attica State Prison that lasted for 23 days and resulted in the greatest casualty toll between Americans since the Civil War.

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