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A Letter from Death Row (1998)

A Letter from Death Row poster
Directed by
Bret Michaels
Genre
thriller film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 29m
Rating
4.2 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man on death row awaits his execution for a murder he might not have committed. He tries to piece together what really happened while the clock ticks down.

tensedarkpsychologicalgrimatmosphericgrittysuspensefulbrooding

What happens

A Letter From Death Row is a 1998 psychological thriller film directed by Marvin Baker and Bret Michaels, lead singer of the hard rock band Poison. Bret Michaels also wrote the film and starred in it. The film was released by Sheen Michaels Entertainment, a company created by Bret Michaels and actor Charlie Sheen. The film was produced by Shane Stanley and also stars Martin Sheen, Charlie Sheen, and Kristi Gibson, who was Michaels' girlfriend at the time. The prison scenes were filmed on location in the Tennessee State Prison, with real inmates used as extras. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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