Brubaker

Release Date:

Jun 20, 1980

MPAA Rating:

R

Running Time:

2:12

Genre:

Drama

Director:

Stuart Rosenberg

Cast:

Robert Redford	Henry Brubaker
Yaphet Kotto	Richard `'Dickie'` Coombes
Jane Alexander	Lillian Gray
Murray Hamilton	John Deach
David Keith	Larry Lee Bullen
Morgan Freeman	Walter
Matt Clark	Roy Purcell
Tim McIntire	Huey Rauch
Richard Ward	Abraham Cook
Albert Salmi	Rory Poke
Linda Haynes	Carol
Jon Van Ness	Zaranska
Everett McGill	Eddie Caldwell
Joe Spinell	Floyd Birdwell
Val Avery	Wendel

Producers:

Ron Silverman , Ted Mann

Language:

English

Related Programs:

Scum

Posing as an inmate at a small Arkansas prison, the new warden of the penitentiary, Henry Brubaker, witnesses firsthand the corruption and abuse inflicted upon the prisoners by the staff. After revealing his true identity, Brubaker brings much-needed reform to the prison with the help of supporters Dickie Coombes and Lillian Gray . Yet when the benefactors of the old corrupt system are threatened by the changes, Brubaker's battles really begin.

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