Synopsis
In the sweltering heat of a Texas summer in 1974, Jim Estelle, head of the Texas Department of Corrections, plays a deadly game against the ruthless Federico Carrasco, a convicted heroin dealer who has taken over the Huntsville Penitentiary and holding dozens hostage after his pre-planned escape has gone awry. Lines between captor and captive, justice and survival, begin to blur as the siege spirals for eleven endless, terrifying days.
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Key crew
- Peter LandesmanDirector
- Kevin J. SheridanScreenplay
- Peter LandesmanScreenplay
Cast
- Taylor KitschJim Estelle
- Diego LunaFederico Carrasco
- Jason IsaacsFather Joseph O’Brien
- Rhea SeehornCast
- Jeffrey DonovanCast
- Jennifer CarpenterCast
- Lola KirkeCast
- John Gallagher Jr.Cast
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Themes
based on novel or book1970stexasprison guardpriesthostage situationstate penitentiary