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Fast-Walking (1982)

Fast-Walking poster
Directed by
James B. Harris
Genre
drama film, prison film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 55m
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 21 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A prison guard gets involved in smuggling and corruption. He plots to help a black militant escape from death row.

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What happens

Fast-Walking is a 1982 American prison drama film directed, produced, and written by James B. Harris, based on Ernest Brawley's 1974 novel The Rap. The film stars James Woods, Tim McIntire, Kay Lenz, Robert Hooks, and M. Emmet Walsh. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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