The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.
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Robert Redford
Brubaker
Yaphet Kotto
Dickie Coombes
Jane Alexander
Lillian
Murray Hamilton
Deach
David Keith
Larry Lee Bullen
Morgan Freeman
Walter
Matt Clark
Purcell
Tim McIntire
Huey Rauch
Richard Ward
Abraham
Jon Van Ness
Zaranska
Director
Stuart Rosenberg
Screenplay
W.D. Richter
Tagline
"One man against a cruel system."
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$9,000,000
Revenue
$37,121,708
Production
20th Century Fox
John Chard
June 28, 2014
Corruption and Murder told with cathartic style. It's odd that whenever talk of Prison base films crops up you rarely see Brubaker mentioned as a viable piece of work, which to me personally is a damn shame because it's origin source provides a worthy story to be involved in. Based on the writings of Tom Murton, a Prison Farm Reform Warden in Arkansas in the late 60s, the corruption and mur...
aushro3
June 27, 2022
One of the top 3 prison based movie ever made but highly underrated, sometimes I feel really so sad when see that there are many many top class movies from 80"s & 90"s are very underrated while they need or deserve a really very high attention and fame too,and this one "Brubaker" is one of them.
Wuchak
May 31, 2023
**_A maverick prison warden uncovers corruption and tries to make positive changes_** In 1967-1968, a state penal farm in Arkansas gets a new warden (Robert Redford) who discovers condoned sexual abuse, severe beatings, electrical torture and extortion by inmates with guns who work as "trusty" guards (to save money otherwise spent on salaried guards). Then there’s the lousy quality and meager ...
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