The Devil's Playground (1977)
• December 23rd, 1977 • 1h 47min
Drama
Overview
A powerful drama relating the intimate aspect of teenage boys and their priest/educators behind the walls of a religious institution where rigid discipline backfires natural feelings are deemed unnatural acts and human lives are controlled in the names of good intentions.
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