Scared Straight! Another Story (1980) - Turner Classic Movies

Scared Straight! Another Story


2h 1980

Brief Synopsis

The brutally frank TV documentary "Scared Straight" that was widely broadcast and critically acclaimed in 1979 (and won both an Oscar and an Emmy) was the inspiration for this fictional drama about a prison encounter group involving juveniles, put together by probation officer Cliff DeYoung and hard

Film Details

Genre
Adaptation
Drama
Release Date
1980

Technical Specs

Duration
2h

Synopsis

The brutally frank TV documentary "Scared Straight" that was widely broadcast and critically acclaimed in 1979 (and won both an Oscar and an Emmy) was the inspiration for this fictional drama about a prison encounter group involving juveniles, put together by probation officer Cliff DeYoung and hard-time convict Stan Shaw. It initiallly aired, coincidentally, opposite the made-for-TV prison movie about Clarence Carnes, the Alcatraz inmate.

Film Details

Genre
Adaptation
Drama
Release Date
1980

Technical Specs

Duration
2h

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Miscellaneous Notes

Aired in United States November 6, 1980