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Dead Man Out (1989)

Dead Man Out poster
Directed by
Richard Pearce
Genre
crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 27m
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A psychiatrist is brought in to evaluate a death row inmate and determine if the man is mentally fit to be executed. Their conversations force both men to confront their own beliefs about justice and madness.

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What happens

Dead Man Out is a 1989 American crime film directed by Richard Pearce and written by Ron Hutchinson. The film stars Danny Glover, Rubén Blades, Larry Block, Tom Atkins and Samuel L. Jackson. The film premiered on HBO on March 12, 1989. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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