Short Eyes

IMDb link: 0076706
IMDb rating: 7 (1,727 votes)
Genres: Drama
Director: Bruce Davison, Robert M. Young
Cast: Jose Perez, Nathan George, Don Blakely and others

Release date: 20 Jul 1979
Release year: 1977
Runtime: 100 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: prison, child molester, racial tension, prison life, prison guard, gay slur, pedophilia, ethnic slur, vulgarity, homosexual

Plot:

A young man who is charged with child molestation is placed in New York City's infamous Tombs prison. When the other inmates in his cell block find out what he is charged with, life becomes extremely difficult for him.

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