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Breakout (1959)

Breakout poster
Directed by
Peter Graham Scott
Genre
drama film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 02m
Rating
7.1 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of convicts plan an escape from a British prison. The story follows their preparation and the challenges they face inside.

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What happens

Breakout is a 1959 British crime drama film directed by Peter Graham Scott and starring Lee Patterson, Hazel Court and Terence Alexander. It was written by Peter Barnes based on the 1959 novel Breakout by Frederick Oughton. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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