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"David Burroughs was once a devoted father to his three-year-old son Matthew, living a dream life just a short drive away from the working-class suburb where he and his wife, Cheryl, first fell in love–until one fateful night when David woke suddenly to discover Matthew had been murdered while David was asleep just down the hall. Half a decade later, David’s been wrongly accused and convicted of the murder, left to serve out his time in a maximum-security...
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
Based on the stranger-than-fiction prison break in upstate New York, the story of two convicts who spawned a statewide manhunt and were aided in their escape by a married female prison employee who became involved with both men. It's a bizarre tale filled with twists and turns, yet through it all there's one thing that unites the inmates and citizens, everyone's looking for a way out.
Pub. Date
[2022]
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Executive produced and hosted by Oscarʼ-winning actor Morgan Freeman, this compelling 8-part docuseries explores some of the most infamous prison escapes in history from Alcatraz and Rikers Island to Germany₂s Stalag Luft III and HM Prison Maze in Belfast. Featuring dramatic recreations and cutting-edge visual effects, along with interviews with some of the prisoners themselves, their families, their cellmates, and guards who were there, uncovers...
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
Ex-cop Nick Cassidy escapes from prison to plan the ultimate heist: steal a $40 million diamond from cutthroat businessman David Englander, and in the process prove his innocence. From the ledge of the famous Roosevelt Hotel, with the whole world watching, Cassidy plays a clever game of cat & mouse with the NYPD while his dutiful brother Joey works against the clock to extract the diamond and clear his brother's name.
7) Maze
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
Thirty-eight Provisional Irish Republican Army prisoners escape from the IRA Maze Prison.
8) Labor Day
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
A lonely, divorced mother allows an escaped killer to stay with her and her thirteen-year-old son.
Pub. Date
c2010
Description
Shot on location with an all-children cast, this is fun-filled family entertainment with a message to challenge and inspire. After a daring escape from Ravenshead Prison, Sam finds herself in worse trouble. Outrunning the relentless wardens seems impossible. She wonders how much longer her strength can hold out. But help is on the way--kind of. enry, janitor for the City of Refuge Guide Service, is unexpectedly thrust into the line of duty when all...
11) Iron mask
Pub. Date
2020
Description
"In order to save his homeland from certain doom, a kung fu master must escape from the maniacal James Hook in order to send his daughter a secret talisman that will allow her to control a massive and mythical dragon. This larger-than-life, globetrotting tale, ranges from the impenetrable Tower of London to the fabled Silk Road and China's Great Wall." --container
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
As famine and death ravage Richmond, VA, five northern Civil War POWs plan a daring escape by hijacking a hot air balloon. Drifting through the night, they wake to find themselves marooned on a desert island, but they're not alone. Littered with wreckage, the island is home to a cast of survivors who have been lost in space and time. Forced to defend themselves against vicious pirates, terrifying creatures and a volcano that's ready to blow, they...
14) Serial killers
Series
Pub. Date
c2011
Description
Interview with a serial killer: Crime writer Ellen Carter has a dark secret: her husband is buried behind the walls of her house. Leslie Steckler rents a room from Ellen, and discovers her secret. He blackmails her into writing the definitive study of mass murder, his biography.
Frozen in fear: A troubled artist traps his female victims in ice sculptures.
In the dead of winter: Sam Tucker was just released from prison. Now, he stalks the Utah desert...
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Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker's escape from San Quentin at the age of 70. The escape enchanted the public and confounded the authorities. Detective John Hunt became captivated with Forrest's commitment to his craft.
"A gentle comedy-drama with wry humor and a sunset-colored wistful streak."--Newsday.
"At a time when bluster, bragging and histrionic displays of self-pity are apparently the defining characteristics of American manhood,...
16) Maze
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
The date is September the 25th, 1983 -- the Troubles are ongoing. Thirty-eight members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) are being held captive in HM Prison Maze, an impenetrable, escape-proof jail. The odds are against them. The Maze is fortified with 15-foot fences, 18-foot concrete walls, barbed wire and steel gates. Months of planning have lead up to this moment; the moment when these daring men, assisted by some guards, break free...
17) 3 from hell
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
The long anticipated follow up to House of 1,000 Corpses and The Devil's rejects. After barely surviving a furious shootout with the police, Baby Firefly, Otis Driftwood, and Captain Spaulding are behind bars. But pure evil cannot be contained, and a firestorm of murder, madness, and mayhem will be released.
19) Captive
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
When Brian Nichols, on the run as the subject of a city-wide manhunt and desperate to make contact with his newborn son, takes recovering meth addict Ashley Smith hostage in her own apartment, she turns for guidance to Rick Warren's bestselling inspirational book, The Purpose Driven Life. While reading aloud, Ashley and her would-be killer each face crossroads where despair and death intersect hope.
20) No good deed
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
Terri is a devoted wife and mother of two, living an ideal suburban life in Atlanta when Colin, a charming but dangerous escaped convict, shows up at her door claiming car trouble. Terri offers her phone to help him but soon learns that no good deed goes unpunished as she finds herself fighting for survival when he invades her home and terrorizes her family.