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The Jericho Mile (1979) (TV)
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Overview
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Release Date:
18 March 1979 (USA)
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He's running for his freedom ... and his life.
Plot:
Rain Murphy is a man sentenced to life in prison, choosing to do his time in near-isolation, and engages...
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Won 3 Primetime Emmys.
Another 2 wins
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1 nomination
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My favorite prison movie.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Peter Strauss | ... | Larry 'Rain' Murphy |
 | Richard Lawson | ... | R.C. Stiles |
 | Roger E. Mosley | ... | Cotton Crown |
 | Brian Dennehy | ... | Dr. D |
 | Geoffrey Lewis | ... | Dr. Bill Janowski |
| Billy Green Bush | ... | Warden Earl Gulliver |
| Ed Lauter | ... | Jerry Beloit |
| Beverly Todd | ... | Wylene |
| William Prince | ... | O.A.U. Chairman |
| Miguel Pinero | ... | Rubio |
| Richard Moll | ... | Joker Gibb |
| Edmund Penney | ... | OAU Official |
| Burton Gilliam | ... | Jimmy-Jack |
| Ji-Tu Cumbuka | ... | Brother Lateef |
| Wilmore Thomas | ... | Moo-Moo |
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97 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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1.33 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:16 |
Australia:PG |
Netherlands:16 (DVD rating) |
Norway:16 (theatrical rating) |
Finland:K-16 |
Norway:18
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During the shoot in Folsom, there were thirteen stabbings and one murder among the inmates, but not a single crewmember was injured or threatened over the course of the production, and no one ever witnessed any violence.
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Quotes:
Larry 'Rain' Murphy:
I'm gonna nail you. Stiles was my brother.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Making of 'Heat' (2005) (V)
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I really enjoyed this movie - I like prison movies in general (I'm not sure why -- I'm sure some shrink could make something out of it!) I spent one night in jail more than 20 years ago, and I knew then I would never go back - I got the individual version of "scared straight"! (I did get locked up in an isolation cell on Alcatraz for a couple of hours, compliments of a park ranger, but that's another story!) Anyway, the genre really interests me. The soundtrack, specifically "Sympathy for the Devil" by the Rolling Stones, was the perfect backdrop for the film. To this day, I think of "The Jericho Mile" every time I hear the song.