The Violent and the Damned
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When chain gang prisoners attack their guards, some of the hardened criminals escape Brazil's infamous Anchieta Prison amidst all the pick-ax carnage. The government dispatches a machine-gun squad to round up the fugitives, who have fled by foot and boat and now have begun to turn on each other.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1962-01-01
Runtime: 58 mins
Director: Jerry Warren, Carlos Hugo Christensen
Writer: Carlos Hugo Christensen, Pedro Juan Vignalle
Spoken language: English
Genres: Drama
Original title: The Violent and the Damned
Production Companies: A.D.P. Pictures Inc.
Production Countries: United States of America
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