Directed by:
Kiefer SutherlandScreenplay:
Robert EiseleCinematography:
Ric WaiteComposer:
Jude ColeCast:
Forest Whitaker, Kiefer Sutherland, Clancy Brown, Lynne Moody, Amanda Plummer, Kathleen Quinlan, Cameron Dye, Gary Carlos Cervantes, Mike Gomez (more)Plots(1)
Kiefer Sutherland plays Denver Bayliss, a condemned murderer who has killed three people, including a prison guard. He was brought into the system as a juvenile delinquent and never got out. Now he is awaiting execution. Fred Whitmore (Forest Whitaker), a death row prison guard who runs into trouble when he refuses to take part in the brutally abusive tactics of the guards. However, something about Denver haunts Fred Whitmore, and the two men form an unexpected friendship that transforms their lives. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Forest Whitaker
USA
Best movies:
Platoon (1986)
Phone Booth (2002)
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
Kiefer Sutherland
UK
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Phone Booth (2002)
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Clancy Brown
USA
Best movies:
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Lynne Moody
USA
Best movies:
Roots (1977) (series)
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White Dog (1982)
Amanda Plummer
USA
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Battlestar Galactica (2003) (TV movie)
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Kathleen Quinlan
USA
Cameron Dye
USA
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Cannes Man (1997)
Le Couloir de la mort (1993) (TV movie)
Mike Gomez
USA
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How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
El Norte (1983)
Edward Bunker
USA
Best movies:
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Straight Time (1978)
Slow Burn (1986) (TV movie)
Danny Trejo
USA
Valeri Ross
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Dom Magwili
USA
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Fifty/Fifty (1992)
Robert Eisele
Best movies:
Le Couloir de la mort (1993) (TV movie)