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Attica is a american film of genre Drama directed by Marvin J. Chomsky released in USA on 1 march 1980 with Henry Darrow
Attica (1980)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 1 march 1980
Length 1h37
Directed by Marvin J. Chomsky
OriginUSA
Themes Prison films
Rating63%
Attica is a 1980 television film directed by Marvin J. Chomsky. It stars Morgan Freeman, Henry Darrow, Charles Durning, Joel Fabiani and Anthony Zerbe. It depicts the events leading up to and during the 1971 Attica Correctional Facility riot and the aftermath.
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Les coulisses des 1971 prisonniers révolte à la prison de l'Attique.Actors
Henry Darrow
(Herman Badillo)
Charles Durning
(Commissioner Russell Oswald)
Joel Fabiani
(Sen. Gordon Conners)
Morgan Freeman
(Hap Richards)
Maurice Woods
(Shebani Lumumba)
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