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Scared Straight! is a 1978 American documentary film directed, produced, and written by Arnold Shapiro. The film features narration by Peter Falk and is set at East Jersey State Prison. It was produced by Golden West Television and released in the United States. The work is part of the Scared Straight Collection.
The film received the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film and is recognized in the Academy Award Best Documentary collection. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.6 and an OMDb rating of 7.7. The runtime is listed as 52 minutes or 96 minutes. The film is rated TV-PG and has an average vote of 7.417. It has won one Oscar, with three wins and one nomination in total.
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Film · TMDB
7.4The filmed depiction of a program where convicts tell troubled kids about the horrors of prison life. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2007.
Cast
- Peter Falk as Narration (voice)
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Ratings
IMDb
7.7/10
853 votes
- Year
- 1978
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Genres
- Crime, Documentary
- Rated
- TV-PG
- Awards
- Won 1 Oscar. 3 wins & 1 nomination total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Arnold Shapiro
- Screenwriter
- Arnold Shapiro
- Producer
- Arnold Shapiro
- Narrative location
- East Jersey State Prison
- Duration
- 52
- FilmAffinity ID
- 685057
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- publication date
- 1978-01-01
- title
- Scared Straight!
- narrator
- Peter Falk
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