The Violent and the Damned

The Violent and the Damned (1962)

January 1st, 19620h 58min

Drama
35%

Overview

When chain gang prisoners attack their guards, some of the hardened criminals escape Brazil's infamous Anchieta Prison amidst all the pick-ax carnage. The government dispatches a machine-gun squad to round up the fugitives, who have fled by foot and boat and now have begun to turn on each other.


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