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Doing Time: Life Inside the Big House is a american film of genre Documentary released in USA on 12 february 1991

Doing Time: Life Inside the Big House (1991)

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Released in USA 12 february 1991
Length 1h
OriginUSA
Rating69% 3.46483.46483.46483.46483.4648

Doing Time: Life Inside the Big House is a 1991 documentary film directed by Alan Raymond. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
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